Introduction : Franklin, Lawrence, and tradition / Brian M. Barbour
Franklin's character / Carl L. Becker
The spirit of capitalism / Max Weber
Franklin and the divided heritage of puritanism / Perry Miller
Franklin and Emerson / Brian M. Barbour
The printer as a man of letters : Franklin and the symbolism of the third realm / Lewis P. Simpson
Benjamin Franklin : the making of an American character / John William Ward
Benjamin Franklin / D.H. Lawrence
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : the Puritan experimenter in life and art / David Levin
Franklin and spiritual autobiography / Daniel B. Shea
Franklin and the shaping of American ideology / Michael T. Gilmore
The dogood letters / Kenneth S. Lynn
The almanac / Bruce Granger
The public writings and the bagatelles / J.A. Leo Lemay
Franklin's legacy to the gilded age / Louis B. Wright.
