Annotated bibliography
A. Leo, Lemay. “Silence Dogood in Context”. The life of Benjamin Franklin Vol I. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, Pages 155-156. Pennsylvania. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctt3fj12x.12.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A9a0aba3ffe8671331dab539925f8a2a2
This book covers Franklin’s life when he wrote the Dogood letters, starting with the first letter. It goes into detail on the works, the person/idea the letter was about, and how they played a role in the letter, whether it was historical, or if the individual had a relationship to Ben Franklin in any way.
Biblographical:
George F, Horner. “Franklins Dogood papers re-examined.” Studies in Phiology Vol 37, No. 3 University of North Carolina Press. 1989. Pages 501-523 North Carolina, Dogood letters 5-14. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4172495.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A268f90cbbbdf9ac0647985cc486309f0
This book covers the Dogood letters, going from the first one to the 14th. The author gives the works a close reading, examining the brainwork behind what each letter means, ranging in detail from words no longer used in the 21st century, breaking down each paragraph and making it digestible for the modern reader.
Author: Paul M, Zall. “Silence Dogood”. Benjamin Franklin’s Humor. University of Kentucky. (2005) Pages 15-17 http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/j.ctt2jcn74.5.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ac2417449ba3e452cbe3ddaf3b674b298
This book uncovers the cleverness of Ben Franklin’s humor, which was often very dry, and examines every inch of the Dogood letters, deciphering what was funny about the letter, while giving historical context on each letter and correlating it to a modern subject to be understood easier.
Dogood #9 Sources:
Unknown. “Silence Dogood”. Massachusetts Historical Society. https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?ft=Silence%20Dogood&item_id=648&pid=6
This link has helpful information on the Dogood letter 9, as well as offering other Dogood letters by Ben Franklin. It also offers other information regarding Ben Franklin and his accomplishments, while giving other links to his works aside from the Dogood letters, as well as any factual information on Ben Franklin, ranging from his early life to .
Dogood # 13 Sources:
Unknown. “Silence Dogood”. United states history. http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/courant/silencedogood.htm
This link offers a fresh look at the Silence Dogood letter, giving a simple explanation of the history of when it was written, some small facts about the history, as well as some potential insight as to why it was written the way it was, given the historical period.
Franklin’s “Way to Wealth” Sources:
Stuart A, Gallacher. “Franklin’s “Way to Wealth”: A Florilegium of Proverbs and Wise sayings”. The Journal of English and Early Germanic Philology, Vol 48 No. 2 (1949). University of Illinois Press
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27713053.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A657ad80d1bd7223b603d3ddc7b9b520
This author takes the “Ways to Wealth” and begins to compare it to Germanic phiology Stuart had learned over the years. It compares “Ways of Wealth” to how the Germanic people would go about their lives and their writing, referencing how the two are vastly similar, while also focusing on the proverbs and the wise sayings of Franklin, relating them to modern times, and dissecting what it means.
C.William, Miller. “Benjamin Franklin’s Way to Wealth”. The papers of the Bibliographical society of America, Vol 63 No. 4 University of Chicago Press on Behalf of the Bibliographical Society of America http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24301958.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A1853808d54f006cde5bb1d4de216afa4
This text offers a perspective on Franklin’s “Way to Wealth” and likens it to other pieces that have shaped societal America into how it is today, as well as using pieces from the text to showcase the similarities and the stark differences between Franklin’s way to wealth then and how it compares to now
Patrick ,Sullivan. Early American Literature Volume 21, No. 3 pp. 248-259. University of North Carolina Press http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25056635.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A41451ec9de84e192d649af82609326a6
This piece of literature examines and references the “Way to Wealth” in terms of how it helped shape America into how it is today—and how such literature back then has influenced modern times, while also taking a look at how it compares to modern literature and how Benjamin Franklin helped to shape it all.
Stuart A, Gallacher. “Franklin’s “Way to Wealth”: A Florilegium of Proverbs and Wise sayings”. The Journal of English and Early Germanic Philology, Vol 48 No. 2 (1949). University of Illinois Press
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27713053.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A657ad80d1bd7223b603d3ddc7b9b520
This author takes the “Ways to Wealth” and begins to compare it to Germanic phiology Stuart had learned over the years. It compares “Ways of Wealth” to how the Germanic people would go about their lives and their writing, referencing how the two are vastly similar, while also focusing on the proverbs and the wise sayings of Franklin, relating them to modern times, and dissecting what it means.
Todd H, Thompson. “Early American Literature, Volume 46, No. 3 (2011)”. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41348725.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A76783e9708950d375ef8d9a4866204d6 University of North Carolina Press
This piece of literature examines and references the “Way to Wealth” in terms of how it helped shape America into how it is today—and how such literature back then has influenced modern times, referencing previous volumes previously written by other authors, but also making his own connections to the “Way to Wealth”.
Ben Franklin Autobiography Sources:
Stacy, Schiff. “Ben Franklin and the Autobiography”. The American Scholar 70 (2): 63-69
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=12&sid=4b779621-fef0-40f4-9d23-ed839164f005%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=edsjsr.41213145&db=edsjsr
This author regales Ben Franklin’s life from the very beginning of what we know about him—by speculating his childhood, his parents, etc. All while taking a look at his life as he was writing the letters and his other pieces at the time, where he was at the stage in his life, and the circumstances that followed, as well as insight into his various works, their meanings, and how it all comes together to become the “Ben Franklin” we’ve come to know.
Author: Goldman, Phyllis Barkas. “Benjamin Franklin.” Monkeyshines on Great American Authors, 1996 pg.36 http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=15&sid=4b779621-fef0-40f4-9d23-ed839164f005%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=12545229&db=khh
This piece discusses Ben Franklin at a minimum, digestible level—Phyllis goes over the basics of what’s known about Ben Franklin (such as the Declaration of Independence, etc.) while also touching upon his earlier days in life, like his apprenticeship with his brother James, and ends where Franklin become the manager when James was arrested.
Author: Schwartz, Sally. Becoming Ben Franklin: The Autobiography and the Life. American Historical Review, Oct90, Vol. 95 Issue 4 p 1288
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=16&sid=4b779621-fef0-40f4-9d23-ed839164f005%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=9102184104&db=khh
This piece observes Ben Franklin’s autobiography as it’s written (more so the variations that have come out over the years) to his life, and delivers a close reading of the text comparing other authors such as Drew R. MCCoy and Ormond Seavey, interpretations of it while also giving her take on the subject—Ben Franklin, his readings, and what they could mean.
Author: Allan, Kulikoff. “Dogood and the Leather-Apron Men”. Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 84 No. 3 pg. 364-374
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5325/pennhistory.81.3.0364.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A6621cdc64656970ea01be639a6420b87
This author references all of the DoGood letters, as well as Franklin’s other works, such as Mt. Holly, Ways to Wealth, etc. He compares the rest of the dogood letters to the “leather apron men” which is a term used for carpenters and those of craft. He compares Franklin’s work to that of a carpenter, and how his dogood letters follow that ‘carpenter’ description.
Chaplin, Joyce E., Ben Franklin’s Autobiography. W.W. Norton& Company, 2012.
The Ben Franklin autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. The text is accompanied by new and expanded annotations. Contents include a broader view on Ben Franklin’s life, while mentioning his works during that time along with what he was doing as he was writing the Dogood letters, as well as his other works.