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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Page 17
... Weekly Mercury readers “ out of Zeal for the Publick Good . " Franklin even betrayed a hint of smugness , giving further evidence of his difficulties with the virtue of humility , noting , “ as most People delight in Censure when they ...
... Weekly Mercury readers “ out of Zeal for the Publick Good . " Franklin even betrayed a hint of smugness , giving further evidence of his difficulties with the virtue of humility , noting , “ as most People delight in Censure when they ...
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... Weekly Mercury for the return of apprentice Nicholas Classon. In his Virginia Gazette, William Parks warned colonists that one of his runaways was adept at mak- ing and picking locks. Maryland Gazette printer Joseph Royle sought the re ...
... Weekly Mercury for the return of apprentice Nicholas Classon. In his Virginia Gazette, William Parks warned colonists that one of his runaways was adept at mak- ing and picking locks. Maryland Gazette printer Joseph Royle sought the re ...
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... compete with Andrew Bradford's American Weekly Mercury , which Franklin regarded as “ a paltry thing , wretchedly manag'd , no way en- 43 tertaining . " The fact that such a newspaper 32 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
... compete with Andrew Bradford's American Weekly Mercury , which Franklin regarded as “ a paltry thing , wretchedly manag'd , no way en- 43 tertaining . " The fact that such a newspaper 32 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
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... weekly , usually at a tavern , for intellectual stimulation and fellowship , and its members discussed morals , philosophy , and politics in a structured and informed manner , “ in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth , without ...
... weekly , usually at a tavern , for intellectual stimulation and fellowship , and its members discussed morals , philosophy , and politics in a structured and informed manner , “ in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth , without ...
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... Weekly Mercury . Bradford's newspaper had been in existence for ten years , and he held the colony's printing contracts . Other newspapers were situated in Boston , New York , and Annapolis , and all were widely circulated . In fact ...
... Weekly Mercury . Bradford's newspaper had been in existence for ten years , and he held the colony's printing contracts . Other newspapers were situated in Boston , New York , and Annapolis , and all were widely circulated . In fact ...
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 |
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