A Benjamin Franklin Reader Book

	Chronology
	Key Characters
	Introduction	1
	Silence Dogood Introduces Herself	9
	Silence Dogood n Courtship	11
	Silence Dogood Attacks Harvard	14
	Silence Dogood's Recipe for Poetry	18
	Silence Dogood Attacks the Puritan Theocracy	21
	Silence Dogood Proposes Civic Improvements	24
	A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity	30
	Plan of Conduct	36
	Advice to His Sister on Her Marriage	37
	A New Creed and Liturgy	38
	The First Abortion Controversy	45
	The Busy-Body	46
	Franklin the Editor	49
	The Lessons of Misprints	50
	Rules for Marriage	52
	A Scolding Wife	56
	A Witch Trial at Mount Holly	58
	A Printer's Creed	60
	Sex Sells	63
	Anthony Afterwit on Marriage	65
	Celia Single Responds	69
	In Praise of Gossip	72
	The Discussion Club	80
	How to Please in Conversation	86
	Introducing Poor Richard	93
	Poor Richard vs. Mr. Leeds	94
	On the Death of Infants	96
	Poor Richard Denies He Is Franklin	100
	Faith Versus Good Works	101
	Poor Richard Blames His Printer	106
	The Drinker's Dictionary	108
	How to Write an Almanac	112
	Poor Richard's Wife Takes Her Turn	115
	Poor Richard Defends Astrology and Wit	117
	A Defense of Religious Tolerance	119
	A Ballad for Deborah	122
	Reasons to Choose an Older Mistress	124
	Polly Baker's Trial	126
	A Call to Arms for the Middling People	133
	The University of Pennsylvania	139
	How to Be a Good Tradesman	146
	Rattlesnakes for Felons	149
	Magical Squares	152
	On Welfare Dependency	155
	The Albany Plan for an American Union	160
	Catherine Ray	166
	A Parable on Intolerance	172
	The Way to Wealth	174
	Reasons for Restoring Canada to France	187
	Mary Stevenson	190
	David Hume	194
	On Observing the Sabbath	198
	When Oil Does Not Calm Troubled Waters	199
	Race and Slavery	201
	Propaganda Agent	203
	A Paean to Deborah	211
	The Grumpy Boarder	213
	More on Welfare Dependency	214
	Cold Air Baths	219
	The Fable of the Lion and the Dog	219
	Polly Gets Married	220
	The Cravenstreet Gazette	223
	A Showdown with Lord Hillsborough	230
	The Seeds of a Total Disunion	233
	How to Weigh a Decision	236
	Ode to a Squirrel	237
	The Cause of Colds	239
	Parody Rules and an Edict Directed at Britain	240
	You Are My Enemy	259
	Proposed Articles of Confederation	259
	The Rattlesnake as America's Symbol	263
	An Appeal to France's Interests	269
	The Sale of the Hessians	271
	A Form Letter of Recommendation	273
	The Twelve Commandments, to Madame Brillon	274
	A Proposed Treaty with Madame Brillon	276
	Bagatelle of the Ephemera	279
	Madame Helvetius and Elysian Fields	281
	John Paul Jones	283
	To His Daughter on Fame, Frugality, and Grandchildren	286
	The Morals of Chess	289
	Bagatelle on St. Peter's Tolerance	293
	On Wine and the Elbow	294
	To George Washington on Reputation	296
	John Adams	298
	Dialogue Between the Gout and Mr. Franklin	301
	The Science of Farts	308
	A Fable About Misguided Loyalists	311
	Seducing the French	313
	To Polly on Her Mother and the Futility of War	315
	A Critique of Excess Wealth	316
	On Hereditary Honors and the Turkey	322
	A Vision of America	327
	No Longer His Enemy	335
	Daylight Savings Time	341
	The Prodigal William	346
	On Wishes, Age, and Bifocals	349
	The Constitutional Convention	357
	Motion for Prayers	361
	Franklin's Closing Speech	363
	A Miffy Family	365
	Webster's Dictionary	367
	On the Abolition of Slavery	368
	The Final Parody, on Slavery	372
	On Jesus Christ	376
	To Thomas Jefferson	379
	Last Will and Codicil	380
	The Autobiography	399