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I was very hungry , and my whole stock of cash consisted of a Dutch dollar and about a shilling in copper . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refused it on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on ...
I was very hungry , and my whole stock of cash consisted of a Dutch dollar and about a shilling in copper . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refused it on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on ...
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... and the majority of us so poor , that I was not able with great industry to find more than fifty persons , mostly young tradesmen , willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each , & ten shillings per annum .
... and the majority of us so poor , that I was not able with great industry to find more than fifty persons , mostly young tradesmen , willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each , & ten shillings per annum .
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forty shillings each , & ten shillings per annum . On this little fund we began . The books were imported . The library was open one day in the week for lending them to the subscribers , on their promisory notes to pay double the value ...
forty shillings each , & ten shillings per annum . On this little fund we began . The books were imported . The library was open one day in the week for lending them to the subscribers , on their promisory notes to pay double the value ...
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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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