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Author	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
LoC No.	22018714
Uniform Title	Story of the whistle
Title	The whistle : Extract from a letter written by Franklin to Madame Brillon November, 1779
Original Publication	Boston: Brad Stephens & Company, 1921.
Credits	Charlene Taylor, Bob Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary	Benjamin Franklin describes a childhood incident of buying a whistle that taught him a lesson he never forgot. (This summary is from the Library of Congress.)
Language	English
LoC Class	PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject	Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature
Subject	Thriftiness -- Juvenile literature
Category	Text
EBook-No.	78663
Release Date	May 12, 2026
Copyright Status	Public domain in the USA.
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