TY - BOOK AU - Boyce,Benjamin TI - The Benevolent Man: A Life of Ralph Allen of Bath SN - 9780674733817 AV - DA690.B3 U1 - 942.3/8/070924 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Geschichte Europas KW - Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764 KW - Bath (England) -- Biography KW - Bath (England) -- History KW - Postal service -- Great Britain -- History KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674733824 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674733824 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674733824.jpg ER -