An edition of Way to wealth (1758)

Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods

introduced to the public by Poor Richard, a famous Pennsylvania conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions : Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do? : to which are added, several curious pieces of writing

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An edition of Way to wealth (1758)

Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods

introduced to the public by Poor Richard, a famous Pennsylvania conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions : Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do? : to which are added, several curious pieces of writing

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Printed by H. Mann, for Wm. Tileston Clapp, Boston
Language
English
Pages
24

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Subjects
American Maxims, Biography, Early works to 1800, Foreign relations, Great Britain, Maxims, Quotations, maxims, Saving and investment, Statesmen, Success, Wealth, Aphorisms and apothegms, Juvenile literature, Conduct of life, Politics and government, Booksellers' catalogs, Causes, History
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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United States
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1775-1783

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Cover of: Franklin's Way to wealth, or, Poor Richard improved
Franklin's Way to wealth, or, Poor Richard improved: to which is added How to make much of a little, by Bob Short.
1830, William Darton and Son, 58, Holborn Hill
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Franklin's way to wealth, or, Poor Richard improved, &c.
1814, Printed by W. Darton, Jun., 58, Holborn Hill
- A new ed. / corr. and enl. by Bob Short ; and adorned with copper-plates.
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Franklin's way to wealth: or, " Poor Richard improved."
1810, Printed by and for W. and T. Darton
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Cover of: Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods
Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods: introduced to the public by Poor Richard, a famous Pennsylvania conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions : Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do? : to which are added, several curious pieces of writing
1807, Printed by H. Mann, for Wm. Tileston Clapp, Boston
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The way to wealth
1800, Printed by C. Sutton, Bridlesmith-Gate
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The way to wealth: or, Poor Richard improved
1795, A.A. Renouard [Dijon, Printed by P. Causse]
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La science du bonhomme Richard: moyen facile de payer les impôts. Traduit de l'anglois.
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La science du bonhomme Richard, ou, Moyen facile de payer les impôts
1778, chez Ruault libraire, rue de la Harpe
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La science du bonhomme Richard: moyen facile de payer les impôts
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"Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders

First published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758; separately issued in 1760 under title "Father Abraham's speech", and frequently reprinted under title "The way to wealth."

Shaw & Shoemaker, 12591

Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 12591)

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Early American imprints -- no. 12591

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