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Year

1769

Text

Benjamin Franklin : To Cadwallader Evans, London, 7 September, 1769.
Hence it is that the most populous of all countries, China, clothes its inhabitants with silk, while it feed them plentifully, and has besides a vast quantity both raw and manufactures to spare for exportation…

Mentioned People (1)

Franklin, Benjamin  (Boston 1706-1790 Philadelphia) : Staatsmann, Drucker, Verleger, Naturwissenschaftler, Erfinder, Naturphilosoph, Schriftsteller

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1836-1840 Franklin, Benjamin. The works of Benjamin Franklin : containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters, official and private, not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author. Vol. 1-10. (Boston : Hillard Gray, 1836-1840). (Making of modern law). Vol. 7 : Correspondence. (1838).
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