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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... colonies ; and Mr James Franklin was seriously dissuaded by many of his friends from undertaking it , on the ground of one paper being enough for America ! It being Benjamin's office to assist in the distribu- tion of the paper , and to ...
... colonies ; and Mr James Franklin was seriously dissuaded by many of his friends from undertaking it , on the ground of one paper being enough for America ! It being Benjamin's office to assist in the distribu- tion of the paper , and to ...
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... colonies which resulted in their final independence . And At this time there was not a good bookseller's shop in any of the American colonies south of B03- ton ; there were printers and stationers in New York and Philadelphia , but they ...
... colonies which resulted in their final independence . And At this time there was not a good bookseller's shop in any of the American colonies south of B03- ton ; there were printers and stationers in New York and Philadelphia , but they ...
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... colonies . It soon came into general demand , and Franklin vended an- nually ten thousand copies . In his own precise and clear way , he filled all the spaces that occurred be- tween the remarkable days in the Calendar with proverbial ...
... colonies . It soon came into general demand , and Franklin vended an- nually ten thousand copies . In his own precise and clear way , he filled all the spaces that occurred be- tween the remarkable days in the Calendar with proverbial ...
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... him no vote in the proceedings ) introduced him to the public business of the colonies in its most important forms , as well as to the personal acquaintance of all the members of the house ; and , by securing 70 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... him no vote in the proceedings ) introduced him to the public business of the colonies in its most important forms , as well as to the personal acquaintance of all the members of the house ; and , by securing 70 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... colonies in want of printers . The plan he adopted was , to select one of the most competent and discreet of his own workmen , and enter into explicit articles of partnership with him for six years ; Frank- lin furnishing all the ...
... colonies in want of printers . The plan he adopted was , to select one of the most competent and discreet of his own workmen , and enter into explicit articles of partnership with him for six years ; Frank- lin furnishing all the ...
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