LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING DATA ARE AVAILABLE

BRITISH LIBRARY CATALOGUING DATA ARE AVAILABLE

e-ISBN: 978-1-4766-2969-8

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Front cover: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in London by David Martin, oil on canvas, 40" x 50", 1767 (White House Historical Association)

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