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Achenwall's Observations on North America (Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, January, 1903)

By Gottfried Achenwall

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Language
english
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PDF
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338 kB (346607 bytes)
Pages
14\14
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2020-12-06 03:08:31

Description

[Franklin paid a short visit to Germany in the summer of 1766, and at Göttingen met a number of the professors of the University. One of them, Professor Achenwall, published in the "Hanoverian Magazine," in the volume beginning 1767, p. 258, etc., "Some Observations on North America and the British Colonies from verbal information of Dr. Franklin," and this article was reprinted in Frankfort and Leipsic in 1769. There is a copy of this reprint in the Loganian Library, from which the following translation was made. There is a copy of the Magazine in the Astor Library, New York. It is of interest as showing the impression made by Franklin on his German auditors, although it is clear that Achenwall did not report quite correctly.--J. G. R.]

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