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FRANKLINPassy,eApril 2I,I785TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN  \nCONTAINING  \n# SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRODIGALPRACTICES OF PUBLISHERS\n\nWith an Introduction by CARL VAN DoREN  \nPRINCETON,NEW JERSEY  \nTHE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCETON LIBRARY  \n(1)2016  \n# Acknowledgment and Explanation\n\nHIS brochure,like that of the DuPerron map of York-town issued by the Library in 1942,is the result of ahappy concurrence of good will,pleasing associations,and gratifying cooperation on the part of a number of Friendsof the Princeton University Library.  \nFirst of all,if so slight a brochure were worthy of bearing adedicatory page,its salutation would be to the memory of thelate Max Farrand,gentleman,scholar,beloved Princetonian,and ardent admirer of that versatile genius,Benjamin Franklin.For it was Max Farrand who,in the course of his assiduous studyof Franklin's Autobiography,encouraged Mrs.Langdon Mar-vin of New York and Hallowell,Maine,great-granddaughterof Benjamin Vaughan,to investigate and put in order the familyarchives which included the Franklin-Vaughan correspondence.Franklin had sent to his young friend Vaughan a manuscriptcopy of the famous Autobiography and Farrand,as he and Mrs.Marvin explored the papers preserved in the eighteenth-centuryhouse seated high on a bluff overlooking the Kennebec,no doubthoped that this manuscript would come to light.Unfortunately,it was not found,but much else of importance to American his-tory was revealed.Mrs.Marvin,stimulated by Farrand's en-thusiasm and knowledge,began a systematic arrangement ofthe papers.  \nThomas Jefferson,who was in Paris at the time Franklin wrotethis letter and who was a friend of both Franklin and Vaughan,also came into the picture.Since his papers are being edited atPrinceton,and since it was known that he had correspondedwith Vaughan,the editor of Jefferson naturally found himselffollowing the editor of Franklin to the historic home on theKennebec.Mrs.Marvin,who needed no further stimulus thanthat provided by the infectious enthusiasm of Max Farrand,was already deeply engaged in the task of sorting and arranging  \nthe family archives and library.She was graciously hospitableto the editor of Jefferson,he was appreciative,and,in order tomake it feasible for her to continue work on the papers duringthe winter months,the hospitality of the Princeton UniversityLibrary was offered to her and to the papers.  \nThis offer was accepted,the papers were deposited in theLibrary,and Mrs.Marvin continued her work,making impor-tant discoveries from time to time as she proceeded.Amongthese interesting discoveries was the letter of April 21,1785,presented herewith.When it was brought to the attention ofCarl Van Doren,E.Harold Hugo of the Meriden Gravure Com-pany,and P.J.Conkwright of the Princeton University Press,all agreed that it should be properly published,especially be-cause of its observations on the subject of “puffed-up”typog-raphers.All,though they are exceedingly busy men,agreed tocooperate in bringing out in a worthy format Franklin's charm-ing letter to his young friend.  \nThis acknowledgment,therefore,must be an expression ofgratitude to many:to the Earl of Shelburne for his unwittingpart in making possible the warm friendship between his youngsecretary and the great diplomat and sage;to Benjamin Frank-lin for responding so heartily to Vaughan's friendly and admir-ing personality;to Max Farrand for discovering the importantVaughan family papers and for stimulating Mrs.Marvin to dosomething about them;to Mrs.Marvin for her cordial coop-eration with scholars interested in American history,for herimportant work on the family archives,and for her graciouspermission to publish this letter;to Carl Van Doren,who inter-rupted his busy and significant days to listen to our importun-ings,for an introduction which,in sly humor,disposes of every-thing in Franklin's letter that the most","cbCais2snYuRkbvP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais2snYuRkbvP","pdf",2710144,22,"English","# 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