The Bagatelles from Passy , the delightfully humorous writings of Benjamin Franklin created and printed for his lady friends while he was stationed in Paris as the first American ambassador for France. This exact replica is the first full facsimile of a unique copy of The Bagatelles, a bibliographic treasure of the Yale University Library. Printed in fine letterpress and superbly translated by Willard Trask with notes by Claude-Anne Lopez. "A book that is perfect in every way, an admirable tribute to one of the finest and wisest of our writers" Monroe Wheeler, The Museum of Modern Art. Written in English and French, text only.
Benjamin Franklin was an important conservative figure in the American Restoration Movement, especially as the leading antebellum conservative in the northern United States branch of the movement. He is notable as the early and lifelong mentor of Daniel Sommer, whose support of the 1889 Sand Creek Declaration set in motion events which led to the formal division of the Churches of Christ from the Disciples of Christ in 1906.
According to contemporary biographies "His early religious training was according to the Methodist faith, though he never belonged to any church until he united with the Disciples."
In 1856, Franklin began to publish the ultra-conservative American Christian Review, which he published until his death in 1878. Its influence, initially considerable, was said to have waned following the American Civil War. Franklin undertook a rigorous program of publication correspondence, and traveling lectures which took him to "many" U. S. states and Canada.
Franklin's last move was to Anderson, Indiana, where he lived from 1864 until his death.
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