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Page 56
... issue of Ames ' Almanack for the year 1757 was printed by Fowle in Portsmouth , New Hamp- shire . In this same edition we also learn that the Granite State's first press was established in 1756 - the very one upon which the almanac was ...
... issue of Ames ' Almanack for the year 1757 was printed by Fowle in Portsmouth , New Hamp- shire . In this same edition we also learn that the Granite State's first press was established in 1756 - the very one upon which the almanac was ...
Page 100
... issues of Low one also finds his " Exact Table to bring Old Tenor into Lawful Money . " Low , his ear apparently closer to the ground on current business difficulties than most , had a way of expounding seriously upon these matters ...
... issues of Low one also finds his " Exact Table to bring Old Tenor into Lawful Money . " Low , his ear apparently closer to the ground on current business difficulties than most , had a way of expounding seriously upon these matters ...
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... issue he had edited ( 1793- 1856 ) and took from each what I could transpose to the present . The change back to the old style was an immediate success . And a good thing it was for after one more issue the guns over Pearl Harbor had ...
... issue he had edited ( 1793- 1856 ) and took from each what I could transpose to the present . The change back to the old style was an immediate success . And a good thing it was for after one more issue the guns over Pearl Harbor had ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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