Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 72
... trade would not maintain his family , being in little re- quest . Accordingly I was employed in cutting wick for the candles , filling the dipping mold , and the molds for cast candles , attending the shop , going of errands , etc. I ...
... trade would not maintain his family , being in little re- quest . Accordingly I was employed in cutting wick for the candles , filling the dipping mold , and the molds for cast candles , attending the shop , going of errands , etc. I ...
Page 73
... trade continuing , my father was under apprehensions that if he did not find one for me more agreable , I should break away and get to sea , as his son Josiah had done to his great vexation . He therefore sometimes took me to walk with ...
... trade continuing , my father was under apprehensions that if he did not find one for me more agreable , I should break away and get to sea , as his son Josiah had done to his great vexation . He therefore sometimes took me to walk with ...
Page 254
... Trade with those Countries during the ten Years , at 5,000,000 per Ann .... For weakening the British Em- pire by all the Damage done its Subjects , in obstructing or de- stroying their Improvements , Buildings , Ships , Trade with ...
... Trade with those Countries during the ten Years , at 5,000,000 per Ann .... For weakening the British Em- pire by all the Damage done its Subjects , in obstructing or de- stroying their Improvements , Buildings , Ships , Trade with ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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