The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

3 June - 24 June 2026 • New York

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Overview
Thomas Prince, et al. | One of the first books Franklin had a hand in printing

1. Thomas Prince, et al. | One of the first books Franklin had a hand in printing

Ellis Pugh | Printed while Franklin was working in Keimer's printing-house

2. Ellis Pugh | Printed while Franklin was working in Keimer's printing-house

Titan Leeds | The American Almanack for the Year of Christian Account, 1728

3. Titan Leeds | The American Almanack for the Year of Christian Account, 1728

Pennsylvania General Loan Office | Benjamin Franklin's First Government Printing

4. Pennsylvania General Loan Office | Benjamin Franklin's First Government Printing

John Paschall | Receipt book with six endorsements signed by Benjamin Franklin

5. John Paschall | Receipt book with six endorsements signed by Benjamin Franklin

John Jerman | The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands

6. John Jerman | The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands

(Johann Conrad Beissel) | A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints

7. (Johann Conrad Beissel) | A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints

Alexander Arscot | First American edition of this Quaker text, a Franklin imprint, rarely found complete in three volumes

8. Alexander Arscot | First American edition of this Quaker text, a Franklin imprint, rarely found complete in three volumes

Benjamin Franklin | Landmark map of the proposed boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania

9. Benjamin Franklin | Landmark map of the proposed boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin | An extremely rare Franklin pamphlet, the only complete copy of the two extant

10. Benjamin Franklin | An extremely rare Franklin pamphlet, the only complete copy of the two extant

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard … for the year 1736

11. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard … for the year 1736

Benjamin Franklin | One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters

12. Benjamin Franklin | One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1739

13. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1739

Charles Woolverton | A rare Quaker tract printed by Franklin

14. Charles Woolverton | A rare Quaker tract printed by Franklin

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1740

15. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1740

Pennsylvania General Assembly | Session laws spanning thirty years

16. Pennsylvania General Assembly | Session laws spanning thirty years

Pennsylvania | A collection of early Pennsylvania charters and acts, printed by Franklin

17. Pennsylvania | A collection of early Pennsylvania charters and acts, printed by Franklin

Ralph Erskine | First American edition, printed by Franklin, of this book of religious verse

18. Ralph Erskine | First American edition, printed by Franklin, of this book of religious verse

George Whitefield |  A rare Franklin imprint featuring Whitefield's critique of the treatment of slaves

19. George Whitefield | A rare Franklin imprint featuring Whitefield's critique of the treatment of slaves

Pennsylvania and Delaware | Two foundational documents for Penn's colonies, printed by Franklin

20. Pennsylvania and Delaware | Two foundational documents for Penn's colonies, printed by Franklin

Gilbert Tennent | A rare Presbyterian tract relating to the Old Side–New Side controversy, printed by Franklin

21. Gilbert Tennent | A rare Presbyterian tract relating to the Old Side–New Side controversy, printed by Franklin

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1743

22. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1743

[United Brethren] | The Congregation of God in the Spirit

23. [United Brethren] | The Congregation of God in the Spirit

[United Brethren] — Johann Adam Gruber | "A thorough exhortation and summons to the formerly awakened souls of this land …"

24. [United Brethren] — Johann Adam Gruber | "A thorough exhortation and summons to the formerly awakened souls of this land …"

[Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf] — A response to an anonymous anti-Moravian tract, printed by Franklin

25. [Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf] — A response to an anonymous anti-Moravian tract, printed by Franklin

Jonathan Edwards | A rare Franklin imprint written in defense of early evangelicalism

26. Jonathan Edwards | A rare Franklin imprint written in defense of early evangelicalism

(Benjamin Franklin) | Fulfilling a civic responsibility

27. (Benjamin Franklin) | Fulfilling a civic responsibility

Benjamin Franklin | God and Man and Franklin and Mather at Yale

28. Benjamin Franklin | God and Man and Franklin and Mather at Yale

Baptist Association | The first Baptist Confession printed in the United States, a Franklin imprint

29. Baptist Association | The first Baptist Confession printed in the United States, a Franklin imprint

Pennsylvania. Indian Treaty (Lancaster) | A brilliant copy of an Indian Treaty marking "a great diplomatic defeat for the French"

30. Pennsylvania. Indian Treaty (Lancaster) | A brilliant copy of an Indian Treaty marking "a great diplomatic defeat for the French"

Marcus Tullius Cicero | "Next to the almanacs ... probably Franklin's best known publication"

31. Marcus Tullius Cicero | "Next to the almanacs ... probably Franklin's best known publication"

John Estaugh | A rare Quaker tract printed by Benjamin Franklin

32. John Estaugh | A rare Quaker tract printed by Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Cadwalader | An important, early American medical work on lead poisoning, printed by Franklin

33. Thomas Cadwalader | An important, early American medical work on lead poisoning, printed by Franklin

Benjamin Franklin | A Pocket Almanack for the Year 1746

34. Benjamin Franklin | A Pocket Almanack for the Year 1746

(John Armstrong) | An exceedingly rare Franklin imprint

35. (John Armstrong) | An exceedingly rare Franklin imprint

Benjamin Franklin | A Pocket Almanack for the Year 1747

36. Benjamin Franklin | A Pocket Almanack for the Year 1747

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year of Christ 1747—an early and scarce issue

37. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year of Christ 1747—an early and scarce issue

George Whitefield | Five of George Whitefield's most popular American sermons, printed by Benjamin Franklin

38. George Whitefield | Five of George Whitefield's most popular American sermons, printed by Benjamin Franklin

(Benjamin Franklin) | A very rare work written and printed by Franklin, containing "the earliest American political cartoon"

39. (Benjamin Franklin) | A very rare work written and printed by Franklin, containing "the earliest American political cartoon"

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1748

40. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard ... for the year 1748

New Jersey | A Bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, with three of the earliest American maps of the region

41. New Jersey | A Bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, with three of the earliest American maps of the region

Abel Morgan | Anti-Paedo-Rantism, 1747

42. Abel Morgan | Anti-Paedo-Rantism, 1747

[Richard Blackmore]. Letters between Theophilus and Eugenio, a 1747 Franklin Imprint

43. [Richard Blackmore]. Letters between Theophilus and Eugenio, a 1747 Franklin Imprint

New Jersey Session Laws | Acts passed by the General Assembly of New Jersey in 1747-48, printed by Franklin

44. New Jersey Session Laws | Acts passed by the General Assembly of New Jersey in 1747-48, printed by Franklin

Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard … for the Year 1749

45. Benjamin Franklin | Poor Richard … for the Year 1749

William Currie | A Treatise On the Lawfulness of Defensive War

46. William Currie | A Treatise On the Lawfulness of Defensive War

Gilbert Tennent | A lengthy anti-Quaker treatise by a controversial Presbyterian minister

47. Gilbert Tennent | A lengthy anti-Quaker treatise by a controversial Presbyterian minister

[John Smith] | The Doctrine of Christianity, as Held by the People called Quakers

48. [John Smith] | The Doctrine of Christianity, as Held by the People called Quakers