☞ Father Abraham’s speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods : introduced to the publick 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 be ever able to pay them? : what would you advise us to? : to which are added, seven curious pieces of writing.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author)
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Publication: Boston, New-England : Printed and sold by Benjamin Mecom, at the new printing-office, opposite to the Old-Brick Meeting, near the Court-House : note, very good allowance to those who take them by the hundred or dozen, to sell again, [1758]
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References:
Evans 8131 | Ford 106–252
Editions: 1x 1758 (Boston)
Editions Note: One edition with numerous reprints and additions, namely under the title "The way to Wealth." See also the APS entry below for the 1758 (printed 1757) Poor Richard's Improved. Per ESTC: "A collection of the sayings of Poor Richard, presented in the form of a speech, and variously known as Father Abraham’s speech, The way to wealth, and La science du Bonhomme Richard. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard’s almanac for 1758. The present edition is the first separate edition. Evans entry 8131, for the first edition, 1758, mistakenly describes the second edition of 1760 (16 p., 1 folded leaf; Bristol B2127, Shipton & Mooney 41122). That edition lacks the ’seven curious pieces of writing’ found here." Interested researchers should consult Ford's nearly 150 editions of Poor Richard, which themselves spawned many more editions in later years.
BibNumber: 3.014