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John S. C. Abbott. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Benjamin Franklin
CHAPTER I
Parentage and Early Life
CHAPTER II
Developments of Character
CHAPTER III
Excursion to England
CHAPTER IV
Mental and Moral Conflicts
CHAPTER V
The Dawn of Prosperity
CHAPTER VI
Religious and Philosophic Views
CHAPTER VII
The Tradesman becomes a Philosopher
CHAPTER VIII
The Rising Storms of War
CHAPTER IX
Franklin’s Mission to England
CHAPTER X
Franklin’s Second Mission to England
CHAPTER XI
The Intolerance of King and Court
CHAPTER XII
The Bloodhounds of War Unleashed
CHAPTER XIII
Progress of the War, both of Diplomacy and the. Sword
CHAPTER XIV
The Struggles of Diplomacy
CHAPTER XV
Life’s Closing Scenes
Footnotes
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John S. C. Abbott
A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago
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“He shall neither buy nor sell without his master’s license. Taverns, inns, or ale-houses he shall not haunt. At cards, dice, tables, or any other unlawful game he shall not play. Matrimony he shall not contract; nor from the service of his said master day nor night absent himself, but in all things, as an honest and faithful apprentice, shall and will demean and behave himself towards his said master and all his, during said term. And the said James Franklin, the master, for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds of lawful British money to him in hand paid by the said Josiah Franklin, the father, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said apprentice in the art of a printer which he now useth, shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed the best way and manner that he can, finding and allowing unto the said apprentice, meat, drink, washing, lodging and all other necessaries during the said term.”
Benjamin devoted himself with great assiduity to learn the trade of a printer. The office in which he worked, stood at the corner of Franklin avenue and Court street. For three years, Franklin was thus employed, apparently never seeking recreation, and never having a moment of leisure save such as he could rescue from sleep or from his meals. There were at that time several bookstores in Boston. The eminent men of that province had brought with them to the New World, literary and scientific tastes of a high order. Even then the axe of the settler had been heard but at a short distance in the primeval forests, which still encircled all the large towns. Bears were not unfrequently shot from Long Wharf, as they swam from island to island, or endeavored to cross the solitary bay. It is said that at that time twenty bears were often shot in a week.
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