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- Title
The Printer and the "Peasant": Benjamin Franklin and Pierre-Andre' Gargaz, Two Philosophers in Search of Peace.
- Authors
COHN, ELLEN R.
- Abstract
As Franklin was trying to launch peace negotiations with Great Britain in the spring of 1782, an ex-convict named Pierre-André Gargaz brought him a plan for how to secure perpetual peace in Europe through a union of nations ruled by a representative council. Franklin had the treatise printed on his private press. This article traces the enduring relationship between these two ''philosophes,'' analyzes the evolution of Gargaz's ideas and suggests Franklin's influence on them, discusses the establishment and purpose of Franklin's press at Passy, and demonstrates how this meeting changed Franklin's view of himself as an independent printer under the ancien régime.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; UNITED States; FRANKLIN, Benjamin, 1706-1790; GARGAZ, Pierre-Andre; INTERNATIONAL mediation; GREAT Britain-United States relations; INTERNATIONAL relations; REPRESENTATIVE government
- Publication
Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010, Vol 8, Issue 1, p146
- ISSN
1543-4273
- Publication type
Article