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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... land , registers of the marriages and deaths of the family as far back as the books extended ( 1555 ) . He learnt that , from time immemorial , the eldest son had been brought up a smith , a business which his own elder brother followed ...
... land , registers of the marriages and deaths of the family as far back as the books extended ( 1555 ) . He learnt that , from time immemorial , the eldest son had been brought up a smith , a business which his own elder brother followed ...
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... land ; and her husband , Fisher , of Wellingborough , near Ecton , sold it to the lord of the manor , a Mr Isted . This Thomas Franklin possessed much of the inqui sitive and enterprising spirit of his distinguisheď grandson . Bred a ...
... land ; and her husband , Fisher , of Wellingborough , near Ecton , sold it to the lord of the manor , a Mr Isted . This Thomas Franklin possessed much of the inqui sitive and enterprising spirit of his distinguisheď grandson . Bred a ...
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... land ; " and the kindness of the motive was duly appreciated by the son . opened the only proper door of escape from pursuits to which he had an insuperable aversion . From the period of these walks , he says , " it ever afterwards ...
... land ; " and the kindness of the motive was duly appreciated by the son . opened the only proper door of escape from pursuits to which he had an insuperable aversion . From the period of these walks , he says , " it ever afterwards ...
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... land- lord ) in a neighbouring street ; and thus commenced Franklin's acquaintance with his future wife's family . It was during this first voyage to Philadelphia , while the vessel was becalmed off Block Island , that Franklin was ...
... land- lord ) in a neighbouring street ; and thus commenced Franklin's acquaintance with his future wife's family . It was during this first voyage to Philadelphia , while the vessel was becalmed off Block Island , that Franklin was ...
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... another line of composition . As the period for Franklin's proposed voyage to Eng- land approached , he applied frequently at the govern ment - house for his letters of credit and recommenda- 26 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... another line of composition . As the period for Franklin's proposed voyage to Eng- land approached , he applied frequently at the govern ment - house for his letters of credit and recommenda- 26 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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