02277nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10579324 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091222s2010 ctuab sb 001 0ceng d 2009053163 9780300137392 (hbk. alk. paper) 9780300168198 (cl alk. paper) 9780300178135 9780300168198 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808346483 e-uk-en DA688 .F57 2010eb 305.813/042109033 22 Flavell, Julie. When London was capital of America [electronic resource] / Julie Flavell. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. xii, 305 p. : ill., maps. Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-290) and index. An American city in Europe -- The London world of Henry Laurens -- Upstairs, downstairs: master and slave in Georgian London -- English lessons in London: a tale of two teenagers -- Young and rich in fleet street: the decadents abroad -- A Long Island Yankee in the city -- "The handsome Englishman" -- London's American landscape -- Franklin and son in London -- 'The most cautious man I have ever seen': Ben Franklin's London career. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Americans England London History 18th century. Americans England London Biography. Visitors, Foreign England London. London (England) Intellectual life 18th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579324 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 86456 86456