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To this end , I devote two thousand pounds sterling , of which I give one thousand thereof to the inhabitants of the town of Boston , in Massachusetts , and the other thousand to the inhabitants of the ...
To this end , I devote two thousand pounds sterling , of which I give one thousand thereof to the inhabitants of the town of Boston , in Massachusetts , and the other thousand to the inhabitants of the ...
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All the directions herein given , respecting the disposition and management of the donation to the inhabitants of Boston , I would have observed respecting that to the inhabitants of Philadelphia , only , as Philadelphia is incorporated ...
All the directions herein given , respecting the disposition and management of the donation to the inhabitants of Boston , I would have observed respecting that to the inhabitants of Philadelphia , only , as Philadelphia is incorporated ...
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... and become useful to themselves , their families , and the publick , for many years after ; and considering , moreover , that even the poor inhabitants of this city , tho ' they had homes , yet were therein but badly accommodated in ...
... and become useful to themselves , their families , and the publick , for many years after ; and considering , moreover , that even the poor inhabitants of this city , tho ' they had homes , yet were therein but badly accommodated in ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 27 |
THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE | 68 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American Tradition Makers of the American tradition series |
| Author | I. Bernard Cohen |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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