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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One. 16 pages. 8vo, 3/4 morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Henry E. Huntington duplicate stamp on the rear endpaper. London: Ridgway, 1793

first edition, although first printed in the October 1773 issue of the Public Advertiser. "Probably the cleverest political satire written by Franklin. It is a scathing review of the Ministry's methods for governing America, and is chiefly aimed at Lord Hillsborough"--Ford 314; Sabin 74092.
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