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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... night when the book orrowed in the evening and to be returned in the ng , lest it should be found missing . er some time a merchant , an ingenious , sensible Mr. Matthew Adams , who had a pretty collection oks , frequented our printing ...
... night when the book orrowed in the evening and to be returned in the ng , lest it should be found missing . er some time a merchant , an ingenious , sensible Mr. Matthew Adams , who had a pretty collection oks , frequented our printing ...
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... night , or before work began in the morning , Sundays , when I contrived to be in the printing- , avoiding as much as I could the constant at- nce at public worship which my father used to of me when I was under his care , and which I ...
... night , or before work began in the morning , Sundays , when I contrived to be in the printing- , avoiding as much as I could the constant at- nce at public worship which my father used to of me when I was under his care , and which I ...
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... night under the door of -inting - house . It was found in the morning and unicated to his writing friends when they called usual . They read it , commented on it in my hear- nd I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met their ...
... night under the door of -inting - house . It was found in the morning and unicated to his writing friends when they called usual . They read it , commented on it in my hear- nd I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met their ...
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... Night approaching , we had no remedy but to patience till the wind abated , and in the meantime oatmen and myself concluded to sleep if we could ; o we crowded into the hatches , where we joined utchman , who was still wet , and the ...
... Night approaching , we had no remedy but to patience till the wind abated , and in the meantime oatmen and myself concluded to sleep if we could ; o we crowded into the hatches , where we joined utchman , who was still wet , and the ...
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Benjamin Franklin. we lay all night , with very little rest ; but the wind abating the next day , we made a shift to reach Amboy before night , having been thirty hours on the water , without victuals or any drink but a bottle of filthy ...
Benjamin Franklin. we lay all night , with very little rest ; but the wind abating the next day , we made a shift to reach Amboy before night , having been thirty hours on the water , without victuals or any drink but a bottle of filthy ...
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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