New Annotated Edition of Ben Franklin's Start in Politics

A project in Fairfax, VA by Oren Litwin
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"A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency" (April 1729), the pamphlet that launched Ben's political career.
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Dates: Aug 12th -> Sep 11th (30 days)
Project By: Oren Litwin
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August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm at the tedious part of the work where all the content is in, but I have to go back and correct all the places where I used inconsistent citation formatting. I'm not even sure how much it matters these days; people will usually put the name and... (Read More)

Question about AI

August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I've received some feedback about my anticipated use of AI to design the cover. Some people view any AI content at all to be a turn-off. I understand that as an author, especially given the ownership issues involved in training the AI on other... (Read More)

Never enough footnotes...

August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, I did it. I added almost a page of footnotes discussing the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764. ("Will the madman ever stop?" Never, I say!) I expect to finalize the text before very long. A great thanks to our first brave backers! Your love of... (Read More)

The text is 99% done!

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
The annotations are basically done at this point. All I need to do is decide if I want to put in EVEN MORE information, or if it's fine as is. I should probably put in background about Britain's later restrictions on bills of credit, and how they... (Read More)

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