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The Benevolent Man : A Life of Ralph Allen of Bath /

Boyce, Benjamin

The Benevolent Man : A Life of Ralph Allen of Bath / Benjamin Boyce. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (304 p.) : 20 halftones

Frontmatter -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES -- I. ΤHE BEGINNINGS: RALPH ALLEN AND EARLY BATH -- II. INTRODUCTION TO THE POST OFFICE 1712-1720 -- III. YOUNG BUSINESSMAN AND CITY FATHER 1721-1728 -- IV. STONE, HOSPITALS, DEPUTY POSTMASTERS, AND MONEY 1729-1734 -- V. THE LARGER LIFE: ALEXANDER POPE AND TIMON’S OPPOSITE 1734-1740 -- VII. THE END OF THE FRIENDSHIP WITH POPE 1743-1745 -- VIII. SQUIRE ALLEN BECOMES SQUIRE ALLWORTHY, 1745-1749 -- IX. THE ORDINARY LIFE OF THE FAMOUS MR. ALLEN 1750-1753 -- Χ. AT THREE SCORE YEARS 1754-1756 -- XI. THE BENEVOLENT MAN SUPPORTS THE GREAT COMMONER 1757-1760 -- XII. THE FINAL, TROUBLED YEARS 1761-1764 -- INDEX

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780674733817 9780674733824

10.4159/harvard.9780674733824 doi


Geschichte Europas.
Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764.
Bath (England) -- Biography.
Bath (England) -- History.
Postal service -- Great Britain -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.

DA690.B3

942.3/8/070924