Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America"Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher. |
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... place of honor . As Thomas Jefferson asserted , β the world had drawn so broad a line between [ Wash- ington ] & Dr. Franklin , on the one side , and the residue of mankind , on the other . " 7 8 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
... place of honor . As Thomas Jefferson asserted , β the world had drawn so broad a line between [ Wash- ington ] & Dr. Franklin , on the one side , and the residue of mankind , on the other . " 7 8 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
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... Thomas McKean . β He may be a Philosopher , for what I know , but he is not a sufficient Statesman , he knows too little of American Affairs or the Politicks of Europe , and takes too little Pains to inform himself of Either ...
... Thomas McKean . β He may be a Philosopher , for what I know , but he is not a sufficient Statesman , he knows too little of American Affairs or the Politicks of Europe , and takes too little Pains to inform himself of Either ...
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... this practice , though . Thomas Jefferson told a relative that people should not presume to offer behavioral counseling , for βThe man who undertakes the Quixotism of reforming all his 18 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
... this practice , though . Thomas Jefferson told a relative that people should not presume to offer behavioral counseling , for βThe man who undertakes the Quixotism of reforming all his 18 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
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... Thomas and others emulated this practice later in the century.52 As Franklin trained many early American printers in his own shop , having the opportunity to impress his beliefs upon them and school them in the ways of proper conduct as ...
... Thomas and others emulated this practice later in the century.52 As Franklin trained many early American printers in his own shop , having the opportunity to impress his beliefs upon them and school them in the ways of proper conduct as ...
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... Thomas Denham , " there was not the least Prob- ability that he had written any Letters for me , that no one who knew him had the smallest Dependance on him , β and that Keith's promise to give Franklin letters of credit was amusing ...
... Thomas Denham , " there was not the least Prob- ability that he had written any Letters for me , that no one who knew him had the smallest Dependance on him , β and that Keith's promise to give Franklin letters of credit was amusing ...
Contents
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Spreading Virtue to South Carolina | 64 |
Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean | 78 |
The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships | 98 |
Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England | 115 |
The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act | 138 |
Rebellion and Network Loyalties | 155 |
The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press | 168 |
God Humanity and Franklins Legacy | 192 |
Abbreviations | 209 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 291 |
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Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca Limited preview - 2006 |
Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca No preview available - 2006 |
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