The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac, and Familiar LettersCosimo, Inc., 01.12.2005 - 320 Seiten Printer, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, scientist, librarian, diplomat, inventor, philosopher, self-aggrandizer, and social wag, Benjamin Franklin is one of the most fascinating characters in all of American history - a quality that was not lost on the man himself, as his autobiography makes plain.Avoiding the strife of the American Revolution entirely, Franklin focuses his incisive wit on the culture and society of colonial Philadelphia, weaving a mostly true mythology of humble origins and hard work that created the concepts of "The American Dream" and "the self-made man."Originally published in French in 1791, and translated into English and published in London in 1793, this is considered the great autobiography of life in colonial America.American icon BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790), born in Massachusetts to a British immigrant father and colonial mother, published the famour Poor Richards' Almanack," helped found the University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. Franklin's likeness adorns, among other things, the United States hundred-dollar bill |
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... first . ould I also wish to change some incidents of it hers more favorable . Notwithstanding , if this ion was denied I should still accept the offer mencing the same life . But as this repetition is be expected , that which resembles ...
... first . ould I also wish to change some incidents of it hers more favorable . Notwithstanding , if this ion was denied I should still accept the offer mencing the same life . But as this repetition is be expected , that which resembles ...
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... first settlers of New England , of whom honorable mention is made by Cotton Mather in his ecclesiastical history of that country , entitled " Mag- nalia Christi Americana , ” as “ a godly and learned Englishman , " if I remember the ...
... first settlers of New England , of whom honorable mention is made by Cotton Mather in his ecclesiastical history of that country , entitled " Mag- nalia Christi Americana , ” as “ a godly and learned Englishman , " if I remember the ...
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... first intentions , took me the grammar school , and sent me to a school for g and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , George Brownwell . He was a skillful master and ded in his profession , employing the mildest and encouraging ...
... first intentions , took me the grammar school , and sent me to a school for g and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , George Brownwell . He was a skillful master and ded in his profession , employing the mildest and encouraging ...
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... first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes . I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's " Historical Collec- tions . " They were small chap - men's books , * and cheap , forty volumes in all . My father's ...
... first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes . I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's " Historical Collec- tions . " They were small chap - men's books , * and cheap , forty volumes in all . My father's ...
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accordingly acquaintance advantage affairs afterward almanac appeared Assembly attend BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Boston bred brother brought called captain continued conversation cter debt dispute employed endeavor England father Franklin friends gave give Gnadenhutten Gout governor hand heard honor horses Hugh Meredith hundred pounds inconvenience Indians industry instructions JANE MECOM Keimer kind learned length letters Little Britain lived lodging London Lord Loudoun Lord Macclesfield Madeira wine master means mention mind Motto never night nklin observed occasion opinion paid paper Pennsylvania perhaps Philadelphia piece pleased pleasure Poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds currency present printed printer printing-house proposed province Quakers received Riddlesden sailed sect sensible sent shillings sometimes soon street thee things thou thought thousand pounds tion told took virtue wagons walk writing wrote young