IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/286
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BRICE, T. {PRINTER}
Date(s): 1730?-1760?
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.05 linear metres
Name of creator(s): T Brice | printer of Exeter
Franklin Benjamin | 1706-1790 | natural philosopher, writer, and revolutionary politician in America
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Poor Richard's Almanack (or Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, under the pseudonym "Poor Richard". The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. The Almanack was reprinted in Great Britain in broadside [broadsheet] format for ease of posting.
The Way to Wealth was a collection of Poor Richard's sayings on wealth and personal finance.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Printed broadsheet of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth, by Benjamin Franklin; printed by T. Brice, in Musgrave Alley, High Street, Exeter.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One document
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1969 (AC/69/005)
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009