The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinP. F. Collier, 1909 - 397 páginas Born 1706 in Boston, Benjamin Franklin was the 15th of his father's 17 children. He went to school as a child with the intent of becoming a minister, as his father, Josiah, intended. However, that idea was dropped after Franklin showed a keen interest in reading and writing. He was apprenticed to his brother, James at a young age, but after fighting with his brother he quit the job and moved to Philadelphia, where he worked for a man named Samuel Keimer. After befriending some prominent political figures, including the royal Governor, Franklin left for England, where he spent 18 months working for a printer with his friend James Ralph, with whom he later became estranged. Shortly after returning to America in 1726, Franklin formed a debating club called the Junto. Two years later, he took over The Pennsylvania Gazette from Keimer and turned it into a successful publication with tools from London. In 1730, Franklin wed his old sweetheart, Deborah Read, with whom he had two children. The first, William Franklin, was born approximately one year later; he is the man to whom the Autobiography is addressed in Part One. |
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... meetings , some of which were comfort- able and edifying . From Shanando , we set off in the after- noon for the ... Quarterly Meeting . We had some hard labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our duty honestly as way . opened ...
... meetings , some of which were comfort- able and edifying . From Shanando , we set off in the after- noon for the ... Quarterly Meeting . We had some hard labor amongst them , endeavoring to discharge our duty honestly as way . opened ...
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... Meetings of the Committee of the Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia - Some Notes on Thomas á Kempis and John Huss - The ... Quarterly , and Yearly Meetings in Philadelphia , respecting those who keep Slaves . A FEW years past , money being ...
... Meetings of the Committee of the Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia - Some Notes on Thomas á Kempis and John Huss - The ... Quarterly , and Yearly Meetings in Philadelphia , respecting those who keep Slaves . A FEW years past , money being ...
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... Quarterly Meeting , to correspond with the meet- ing for sufferers in London ; and another to visit our Monthly and Quarterly Meetings . After their appointment , before the last adjournment of the meeting , it was agreed that these two ...
... Quarterly Meeting , to correspond with the meet- ing for sufferers in London ; and another to visit our Monthly and Quarterly Meetings . After their appointment , before the last adjournment of the meeting , it was agreed that these two ...
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... Quarterly Meeting in Chester County , and at some meetings in the county of Philadelphia , I went first to said Quarterly Meeting , which was large . Several weighty matters came under consideration and debate , and the Lord was pleased ...
... Quarterly Meeting in Chester County , and at some meetings in the county of Philadelphia , I went first to said Quarterly Meeting , which was large . Several weighty matters came under consideration and debate , and the Lord was pleased ...
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... Meeting of Philadelphia having been under a concern on account of some Friends who this summer ( 1758 ) had bought negro slaves , proposed to their Quarterly Meeting to have the minute reconsidered in the Yearly Meeting , which was made ...
... Meeting of Philadelphia having been under a concern on account of some Friends who this summer ( 1758 ) had bought negro slaves , proposed to their Quarterly Meeting to have the minute reconsidered in the Yearly Meeting , which was made ...
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Página 199 - ... peace that are in it, we are desirous that all who profess the truth may be inwardly acquainted with it, and thereby be qualified to conduct ourselves in all parts of our life as becomes our peaceable profession ; and we trust as there is a faithful continuance to depend wholly upon the almighty arm, from one generation to another, the peaceable kingdom will gradually be extended " from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth" (Zech. ix. 10), to the completion of those prophecies...