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BRICE, T. {PRINTER}


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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Broadsides | Documents | Information sources
Personal finance | Finance
Printers | Communication personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Proverbs | Folk literature | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Sayings | Oral tradition | Cultural heritage
Wealth | Income distribution | Income and wealth

Personal names
Franklin Benjamin | 1706-1790 | natural philosopher | writer | and revolutionary politician in America

Corporate names
T Brice | printer of Exeter

Places