1From Benjamin Franklin to John Baskerville, [1760?] (Franklin Papers)
By that time four editions of Baskerville’s Milton had appeared and at least two of the Book of Common Prayer, and the printer had begun work on a collection of , a folio edition of the Bible, appeared in 1763. During his career he also published handsome editions of the Book of Common Prayer and of the works of other classical and British writers. Baskerville’s type face, thicker in the heavy...
2Franklin’s Contributions to an Abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer, [before 5 August 1773] (Franklin Papers)
Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David...altering the liturgy of the Anglican Church. “Having first reformed himself,” in the words of Paul Leicester Ford, he “conceived the idea of reforming the Book of Common Prayer...
3From Benjamin Franklin to David Williams, 21 February 1774 (Franklin Papers)
For his interest see the abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer above
4Two Notes about the Opening of the Essex House Chapel, [17 April 1774] (Franklin Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer Reformed