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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... young printers of good character” whom he had set up in business.6 Indeed, the passage of time has created considerable difficulties for studying the Franklin network. Correspondence and other forms of contact occurred among network ...
... young printers of good character” whom he had set up in business.6 Indeed, the passage of time has created considerable difficulties for studying the Franklin network. Correspondence and other forms of contact occurred among network ...
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... young provincial swept up on a whirlwind voyage, in search of fulfillment and virtue. Brother James Franklin and Governor William Keith made early appearances as villains, printer Samuel Keimer served as a vainglorious bum- bler ...
... young provincial swept up on a whirlwind voyage, in search of fulfillment and virtue. Brother James Franklin and Governor William Keith made early appearances as villains, printer Samuel Keimer served as a vainglorious bum- bler ...
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... seen at no Places of idle Diversion,” Franklin be- came “esteem'd an industrious thriving young Man.” In his Autobiography, he confessed further that he struggled with his own humility , 14 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
... seen at no Places of idle Diversion,” Franklin be- came “esteem'd an industrious thriving young Man.” In his Autobiography, he confessed further that he struggled with his own humility , 14 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network.
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... young woman whom he conceded was “ very deserving ” when her parents de- clined to mortgage their house to pay off Franklin's debts . ” Early in life Franklin even repudiated any distinction between virtue and vice , claiming that it is ...
... young woman whom he conceded was “ very deserving ” when her parents de- clined to mortgage their house to pay off Franklin's debts . ” Early in life Franklin even repudiated any distinction between virtue and vice , claiming that it is ...
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... young Philadelphia men dedicated to self - improvement . Throughout his life , Franklin viewed these published moral lessons as a service to human- ity , and therefore to God . Citing the Book of Matthew chapter 25 , Franklin commented ...
... young Philadelphia men dedicated to self - improvement . Throughout his life , Franklin viewed these published moral lessons as a service to human- ity , and therefore to God . Citing the Book of Matthew chapter 25 , Franklin commented ...
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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