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Tables of Contents for The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Preface to the Paperback Edition
ix
Preface
xi
``To Plays and Other Places of Amusement'': Enjoying Life in London
1
22
``The Heads of Complaint'': Confrontation at Spring Garden and at Whitehall
23
24
``Alterations and Amendments'': An Uneasy Compromise
47
22
``Malice and Ill Nature'': Franklin's Return to Philadelphia
69
24
``The Madness of the Populace'': The Futile Quest for Royal Government and the Furor over the Stamp Act
93
30
``Too Much of an American'': Another Crisis, Another Agency
123
28
``Point of Right'': The Making of an American Radical
151
28
``Between the Cup and the Lip'': A Discouraged and Disenchanted Agent
179
24
``The Very Edge of the Precipice'': The Collapse of Franklin's Credibility at Whitehall
203
34
``The Impending Calamities'': Franklin's Final Months in London
237
16
Conclusion
253
4
Bibliography
257
10
Index
267