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with the ministers of the oldest Episcopalian , Congregational , and Presbyterian churches in that town , who are to let out the sum upon interest , at five per cent . per annum , to such young married artificers , under the age of ...
with the ministers of the oldest Episcopalian , Congregational , and Presbyterian churches in that town , who are to let out the sum upon interest , at five per cent . per annum , to such young married artificers , under the age of ...
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of the principal , which sums of principal and interest , so paid in , shall be again let out to fresh borrowers . And , as it is presumed that there will always be found in Boston virtuous and benevolent citizens , willing to bestow a ...
of the principal , which sums of principal and interest , so paid in , shall be again let out to fresh borrowers . And , as it is presumed that there will always be found in Boston virtuous and benevolent citizens , willing to bestow a ...
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... on this side the water put , in those respects , on the same footing with those in Great Britain , till the new Parliament , representing the whole , shall think it for the interest of the whole to reënact some or all of them .
... on this side the water put , in those respects , on the same footing with those in Great Britain , till the new Parliament , representing the whole , shall think it for the interest of the whole to reënact some or all of them .
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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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