Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-303) and indexes.
Franklin's emblems and devices : an orientation and conceptual approach -- Franklin's earliest commentary envisioning colony union -- Join, or Die, 1754 -- Magna Britannia: her colonies Reducd, 1765-1766 -- We Are One, 1776 -- Libertas Americana, 1782-1783 -- Interludes and transformations -- National character and the Great Seal of the United States