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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... received one - third of the profits . However , he stipulated that the printer must use only the types and press he provided , effectively prohibiting expansion . After the contract expired , the printer could continue the arrangement ...
... received one - third of the profits . However , he stipulated that the printer must use only the types and press he provided , effectively prohibiting expansion . After the contract expired , the printer could continue the arrangement ...
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... received a petition in 1661 to stop “ the great abuse that is , dayly used , by forcible takeing up and spiriting of children , Apprentices , and ser- vants , and transporting them into Virginia , Barbadoes , and other forreigne ports ...
... received a petition in 1661 to stop “ the great abuse that is , dayly used , by forcible takeing up and spiriting of children , Apprentices , and ser- vants , and transporting them into Virginia , Barbadoes , and other forreigne ports ...
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... received. Parker, on the other hand, objected to Mecom's habits of staying out all night and “re- fusing to give an account where he spends his time, or in what company.” Mecom tried to run away by enlisting on a privateer, but he was ...
... received. Parker, on the other hand, objected to Mecom's habits of staying out all night and “re- fusing to give an account where he spends his time, or in what company.” Mecom tried to run away by enlisting on a privateer, but he was ...
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... received job - printing work and decided to publish a newspaper to 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 ...
... received job - printing work and decided to publish a newspaper to 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 ...
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... received various cor- rupting Changes . ” Franklin admitted wrestling with Jesus ' divinity , but con- fessed he had never studied the matter “ and think it needless to busy myself with it now , when I expect soon an Opportunity of ...
... received various cor- rupting Changes . ” Franklin admitted wrestling with Jesus ' divinity , but con- fessed he had never studied the matter “ and think it needless to busy myself with it now , when I expect soon an Opportunity of ...
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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