Note 82 — Part I (continued 6)

See R. M. Bache, in Bibliography. In addition, article in New York Times, Dec. 3, 1896, and notes in E. P. Buckley's "The Library of a Philadelphia Antiquarian," Magazine of American History, XXIV, 388-98 (1890). Mr. Buckley reviews the making of the prayer book; "Column after column of the calendar disappeared with a single stroke of the pen—nearly the whole of the Exhortation, a portion of the Confession, all the Absolution, nearly all the Venite, exultemus Domino. Likewise, the Te Deum, and all the Canticle. Of the Creed all he retained was the following: 'I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ His Son our Lord. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the forgiveness of sins, and the life everlasting, Amen'" (ibid., 393). Franklin collaborated with Lord Le Despencer in this work. For Franklin's own comments see Writings, IX, 358-9, 556. Smyth brackets parts of the Preface found in an incomplete MS draft.