The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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... America . Accompanying a party of friends , he at first tried amongst them his business of a dyer , but this failing , became a soap - boiler and tallow - chandler . Here he had four more children , in all seven , by his first wife ...
... America . Accompanying a party of friends , he at first tried amongst them his business of a dyer , but this failing , became a soap - boiler and tallow - chandler . Here he had four more children , in all seven , by his first wife ...
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... America , he would certainly have accepted it , and at- tempted some public establishment of the kind . " He also , about this time , entertained a proposal from a very intelligent and well - educated fellow- workman to travel over ...
... America , he would certainly have accepted it , and at- tempted some public establishment of the kind . " He also , about this time , entertained a proposal from a very intelligent and well - educated fellow- workman to travel over ...
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... America . He instantly repaired to the house of rendezvous , enlisted himself , was put on board a ship , and conveyed to America , without even writing a line to inform his parents what was become of him . His mental powers were ...
... America . He instantly repaired to the house of rendezvous , enlisted himself , was put on board a ship , and conveyed to America , without even writing a line to inform his parents what was become of him . His mental powers were ...
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... America , the first effect of which was to annihilate the power of the French in this part of the globe ; the next , in order of importance perhaps , to teach America her own strength and resources , call- ing into actual service the ...
... America , the first effect of which was to annihilate the power of the French in this part of the globe ; the next , in order of importance perhaps , to teach America her own strength and resources , call- ing into actual service the ...
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... America , and were at this time very little known . Newfoundland , forming the extreme eastern point of North America , and being the first of our trans- atlantic possessions , was , with St John's , a neigh- bouring island , included ...
... America , and were at this time very little known . Newfoundland , forming the extreme eastern point of North America , and being the first of our trans- atlantic possessions , was , with St John's , a neigh- bouring island , included ...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ... Leonard Woods No preview available - 2016 |
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