Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods - Franklin, Benjamin (Printed and sold by Benjamin Mecom, at the new printing-office, opposite to the Old-Brick Meeting, near the Court-House. Note, very good allowance to those who take them by the hundred or dozen, to sell again, 1758)
A collection of the sayings of Poor Richard, presented in the form of a speech, and variously known as Father Abraham's speech, The way to wealth, and La science du Bonhomme Richard. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. The present edition is the first separate edition. - Advertised as "this day published" in the Boston news letter for Mar. 30, 1758. Also advertised in: Maylem, John. Gallic perfidy: a poem. Boston : Benjamin Mecom, 1758. - Evans entry 8131, for the first edition, 1758, mistakenly describes the second edition of 1760 (16 p., 1 folded leaf; Bristol B2127, Shipton & Mooney 41122). That edition lacks the 'seven curious pieces of writing' found here. - Evans, 8131. - Signed on p. 16: Richard Saunders