Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania. By a tradesman of Philadelphia. [Sixteen lines in Latin from Sallust]

All titles

• Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania. By a tradesman of Philadelphia. [Sixteen lines in Latin from Sallust]
• Plain truth

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Franklin (Author)

Imprint

[Philadelphia: Printed [by Benjamin Franklin], in the year MDCCXLVII. [1747]

Publication year

1747-1747

ESTC No.

W17010

Grub Street ID

326524

Description

22,[2]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Attributed to Benjamin Franklin by Miller, who identifies him as the printer.

This printing is primarily a reimpression of the standing type of the first edition (Evans 5948). Leaf C4, blank in the first impression, here contains an English translation of the Latin excerpt from Sallust quoted on the title page, and the last line of text on p. 3 has bee corrected; cf. Miller.

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Dec. 3, 1747, seventeen days after the appearance of the first impression; cf. Miller.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-C?. - READEX NOTE: The text which duplicates 5948 is omitted