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F831f1 1860

PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT.

The autobiography of Dr Franklin narrates his life till 1757, when he was in his 51st year. This is contained in the following volume, together with a continuation, by another hand, of the history of his remarkable career till his death.

It is a singular fact, that the original autobiography of Franklin has been but comparatively little circulated, though numerous professed editions of his life, as written by himself, have been widely published. He commenced his autobiography while on a visit to the Bishop of St. Asaph's, in 1772, and added to it from time to time while in England, as his leisure would permit. After he had taken up his residence at the Court of Versailles, as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, he continued his narration to a still later period in his life. The favor with which he was regarded by the higher circles in France, led to the publication there of a translation of his autobiography. This has been re-translated in English, and widely circulated in England and the United States as the original work. The translation

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