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Franklin is responsible for the idea--he is the inventor of the lightning-conductor, the Republic, & the canard. That journalist deceived the compilers of the encyclopedias so well with his overseas canards that Raynal has recorded two of his canards as facts....
P2 Lost Illusions #Balzactogether
![Herman Melville Collection, 1846-[ongoing]
Summary
The Newberry Library's Herman Melville Collection is one of the largest collections of Melville material in existence. It was originally assembled to support the work of the editorial staff of The Writings of Herman Melville, a project established by Professor Harrison Hayford of Northwestern University. Professor Hayford's personal library formed the core of the collection, and it has since been greatly augmented by purchases and gifts.
Among the large gifts are translations donated by Leland Phelps; the Melville collection of Dr. James
A. FitzSimmons; and the Moby Dick collection of Professor H. Howard Hughes. The Collection is nearly complete in its holdings of editions issued during Melville's lifetime. It is also extensive in editions and printings from Melville's death…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4eyu7rdcj64qxpcvxbh7msi/bafkreias4yhoh7br57exb3m6hxnplrqbkdlmybm537jls66jgj3u52yhzm)
