List of the Benjamin Franklin Papers in the Library of Congress

by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Library of Congress Manuscript Division (creator)

Benjamin Franklin was one of America's Founding Fathers and a prolific writer, diplomat, and scientist. The Library of Congress holds a vast collection of his papers, including personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, and other documents. This list provides a comprehensive guide to the collection and is a valuable resource for scholars interested in Franklin's life and work. 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.

326 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2023

About the author

Worthington Chauncey Ford was an American historian and editor of a number of collections of documents from early American history.

He served in a variety of government positions: first, as the chief of the Bureau of Statistics for the U.S. Department of State, then at the U.S. Department of Treasury, then as chief of the manuscripts division at the Library of Congress.

He also served as Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University from 1917-1922.