Main entry:

Boyce, Benjamin, 1903-1997.

Title & Author:

The benevolent man : a life of Ralph Allen of Bath / Benjamin Boyce.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1967.
©1967

Description:

xiv, 304 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings : Ralph Allen and early Bath -- Introduction to the post office, 1712-1720 -- Young businessman and city father, 1721-1728 -- Stone, hospitals, deputy postmasters, and money, 1729-1734 -- The larger life : Alexander Pope and Timon's opposite, 1734-1740 -- Prior Park, 1741-1742 -- The end of the friendship with Pope, 1743-1745 -- Squire Allen becomes Squire Allworthy, 1745-1749 -- The ordinary life of the famous Mr. Allen, 1750-1753 -- At three score years, 1754-1756 -- The benevolent man supports the great commoner, 1757-1760 -- The final, troubled years, 1761-1764.

Subject:

Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764
Allen, Ralph, approximately 1693-1764
Postal service Great Britain History.
Postal Service history
Postal service.
Bath (England) Biography.
England
Great Britain.
England Bath.

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 14911
Call No.: ID:87-B4371
Status: Available