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... printer . He also worked as a printer in Portsmouth , New Hampshire ; Halifax , Nova Scotia , and in Charleston , South Car- olina . Back in Boston , to become Fowle's partner in 1770 and by 1772 appeared on the almanac horizon with his ...
... printer . He also worked as a printer in Portsmouth , New Hampshire ; Halifax , Nova Scotia , and in Charleston , South Car- olina . Back in Boston , to become Fowle's partner in 1770 and by 1772 appeared on the almanac horizon with his ...
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... printer and an- tiquarian . He was born in Northfield , Massachusetts , April 4 , 1808 and died in Albany , New York , January 15 , 1880. He began work as a printer's apprentice in Greenfield , Massachusetts . By the age of 18 , he had ...
... printer and an- tiquarian . He was born in Northfield , Massachusetts , April 4 , 1808 and died in Albany , New York , January 15 , 1880. He began work as a printer's apprentice in Greenfield , Massachusetts . By the age of 18 , he had ...
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... printer that he should put in " anything at all . just leave me alone . . . " Consequently , the printer did just that and for July 13th the forecast read " Rain , hail , and snow . " When Mr. Thomas had recovered and eventually saw the ...
... printer that he should put in " anything at all . just leave me alone . . . " Consequently , the printer did just that and for July 13th the forecast read " Rain , hail , and snow . " When Mr. Thomas had recovered and eventually saw the ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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