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The Significance of Being Frank
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was born December 15, 1831, in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. In 1850, Sanborn studied Greek with a private tutor then entered Phillips Exeter Academy and, after, entered Harvard, from which he graduated in 1855. Sanborn moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where he taught school. Active in politics as a member of the Free Soil Party in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, in 1856 Sanborn became Secretary of the Massachusetts Kansas Commission, where he came into contact with John Brown. Sanborn was one of “The Secret Six,” who knew in advance of Brown’s impending raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859. On the night of April 3, 1860, five federal marshals from Virginia...
Recollections of Seventy Years
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was born in 1821 at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, the fifth of seven children of Aaron and Lydia Leavitt Sanborn. He was active in the anti-slavery movement and wrote of that movement, John Brown and other abolistionists, and politics in general in the United States, 1854-1861.
Recollections of Seventy Years
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn's Recollections of Seventy Years' Political Life is a fascinating memoir by a political activist who was involved in some of the most notable social and political movements of the 19th century. Sanborn provides a firsthand account of events such as John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and the founding of the American Social Science Association. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
F. B. Sanborn
This collection contains mostly typescript originals and copies of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn's correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers, 1847-1915. Included are two registers of Sanborn's school in Concord, 1859-1860, and a register for the Concord School of Philosophy, 1879-1882. The manuscript box consists of correspondence with his wife Ariana Walker Sanborn (1832-1854), and letters concerning John Brown, "Bleeding Kansas," and Kansas politics; poetry written largely by Sanborn to his wife; his addresses and lectures before various philanthropic societies, on topics like the Balkan War against Turkey in 1910; Sanborn's writings on Greece, American poetry, and various literary figures. There are also writings for his newspaper columns, and a miscellany of typescript fragments, including a copy of the journal of Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) concerning his part in the Greek War for Independence in 1825.
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Excerpt from Sir Walter Raleigh: Introd, by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn There are three drafts of the manuscript Of Sir Walter Ralegfi, each one differing in certain respects from the other two, and all of which have been used in the prepa ration Of this volume. The third, and final, draft, in its careful elaboration, and the skilful weaving together of its parts, is a dis tinct improvement over the first; and there are some indications, even in this last draft, that the author may have had a still further revision in contemplation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Henry D. Thoreau
This is the first book length biography of Thoreau, written by one of his closest friends. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn graduated from Harvard in 1855 and settled in Concord as a schoolteacher, where his pupils included the children of Emerson, Hawthorne, and the elder Henry James. He was also a close friend of Thoreau and the Alcott family. Contents include: Childhood and Youth ? Concord and its Famous People ? The Transcendental Period ? Friends and Companions ? The Walden Hermitage ? Personal Traits and Social Life ? Poet, Moralist, and Philosopher; and more. AMr. Sanborn=s book is thoroughly American and truly fascinating. Its literary skill is exceptionally good, and there is a racy flavor...
Miracle Worker and the Transcendentalist
Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, remain two of the best-known American women. But few people know how Sullivan came to her role as teacher of the deaf and blind Keller. Contrasting their lives with Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, the era's prominent abolitionist, this book sheds light on the gender and disability expectations that affected the public perception of Sullivan and Keller. This book provides a fascinating insight into class, ethnicity, gender, and disability issues in the Gilded Age and Progressive-Era America.
