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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... lived to years of maturity , and were married . Dr Franklin well remembered , as he tells us , to have seen the whole of this numerous group round the family board . The subject of our memoir was born at Boston in New England , January ...
... lived to years of maturity , and were married . Dr Franklin well remembered , as he tells us , to have seen the whole of this numerous group round the family board . The subject of our memoir was born at Boston in New England , January ...
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... lived to call it , “ in the street- ballad style ; " but the mercenary brother found his account in commissioning Benjamin to hawk some of these productions about the streets of Boston , particularly a ballad called " The Light - house ...
... lived to call it , “ in the street- ballad style ; " but the mercenary brother found his account in commissioning Benjamin to hawk some of these productions about the streets of Boston , particularly a ballad called " The Light - house ...
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... lived entirely on water - gruel . Her pre- sence was thought a blessing to the house ; and several of its tenants in succession had charged her no rent . Her room contained a mattress , table , crucifix , and stool , as its only ...
... lived entirely on water - gruel . Her pre- sence was thought a blessing to the house ; and several of its tenants in succession had charged her no rent . Her room contained a mattress , table , crucifix , and stool , as its only ...
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... lived upon better terms than before their separation . The New Jersey business was in fact the printing of money - bills for that colony , and required both types and engravings which Keimer could not supply without Franklin's aid . He ...
... lived upon better terms than before their separation . The New Jersey business was in fact the printing of money - bills for that colony , and required both types and engravings which Keimer could not supply without Franklin's aid . He ...
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... lived to see other sums put in circulation on the same principle ; trade and population increas- ing , in the mean time , in full proportion . Mr Hamilton , Franklin's friend , shortly afterwards procured him the printing of the ...
... lived to see other sums put in circulation on the same principle ; trade and population increas- ing , in the mean time , in full proportion . Mr Hamilton , Franklin's friend , shortly afterwards procured him the printing of the ...
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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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