Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 106
... inhabitants opposed any addition , being against all paper currency , from an apprehension that it would depreciate as it had done in New England to the prejudice of all creditors . We had discussed this point in our Junto , where I was ...
... inhabitants opposed any addition , being against all paper currency , from an apprehension that it would depreciate as it had done in New England to the prejudice of all creditors . We had discussed this point in our Junto , where I was ...
Page 158
... inhabitants of the town of Bos- ton , in Massachusetts , and the other thousand to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia , in trust , to and for the uses , intents , and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared . The said sum ...
... inhabitants of the town of Bos- ton , in Massachusetts , and the other thousand to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia , in trust , to and for the uses , intents , and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared . The said sum ...
Page 161
... inhabitants of Boston , I would have observed respecting that to the inhabitants of Philadelphia , only , as Philadelphia is in- corporated , I request the corporation of that city to under- take the management agreeably to the said ...
... inhabitants of Boston , I would have observed respecting that to the inhabitants of Philadelphia , only , as Philadelphia is in- corporated , I request the corporation of that city to under- take the management agreeably to the said ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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