Benjamin Franklin, apostle of thrift and frugality, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1938

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1938

GUSN

GUSN-287192

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Insurance
Hancock Pamphlets
Hancock Pamphlets - Folder 1
Benjamin Franklin, apostle of thrift and frugality, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1938
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Insurance
    - Hancock Pamphlets
      - Hancock Pamphlets - Folder 1
        Paul Revere, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1930
        John Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1923
        Benjamin Franklin, apostle of thrift and frugality, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1938 (current record)
        Thomas Jefferson, lover of liberty, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1945
        John Adams, second President of the United States, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1923
        John Hancock, great American patriot, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1927
        Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1926
        Daniel Webster, defender of the union, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1923
        Davy Crockett, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1955
        Lewis and Clark, pathfinders of the great northwest, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1950
        Thomas A. Edison, benefactor of mankind, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1932
        John Jay, first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1936
        Framing the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1926
        Constitution of the United States, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1933-1946
        Patriotic songs of America, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1928
        Christmas carols, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., undated
        Story of the John Hancock, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1949

Description

The life of Benjamin Franklin is recounted from his humble origins to his role as a statesmen in the war for American independence. The cover portrait is from a "painting by Joseph Sifrede Duplessis in the Boston Public Library."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insurance
statesmen
inventors
scientists
printers (people)
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet, 16 pages : illustrations ; 6 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.065.03.01.003

Image Dimensions

6 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Giftof Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets

Other People

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Duplessis, Joseph Siffrède, 1725-1802

Other Organizations

Boston Public Library

Subjects

Revolutionary War

Description Level

Item

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