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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... New York , New Haven , Connecticut , and Woodbridge , New Jersey . Isaiah 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 ...
... New York , New Haven , Connecticut , and Woodbridge , New Jersey . Isaiah 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 ...
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... New York printer William Bradford for a term of eight years . " In exchange , Bradford would teach Parker printing and bookbinding ; provide him with food , drink , ap- parel , and lodging ; and supply him two sets of clothes at the end ...
... New York printer William Bradford for a term of eight years . " In exchange , Bradford would teach Parker printing and bookbinding ; provide him with food , drink , ap- parel , and lodging ; and supply him two sets of clothes at the end ...
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... [ New York City ] , ” he wrote . " 18 Bradford advertised for Parker's return , describing him as “ an Apprentice lad ... by trade a Printer , aged about 19 years ; he is of a fresh Complexion , with short yellowish Hair ” and offering ...
... [ New York City ] , ” he wrote . " 18 Bradford advertised for Parker's return , describing him as “ an Apprentice lad ... by trade a Printer , aged about 19 years ; he is of a fresh Complexion , with short yellowish Hair ” and offering ...
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... New York , and Annapolis , and all were widely circulated . In fact , it was this distinct lack of provinciality among the earliest American newspapers that helped make competition keen . Franklin had commenced his journalistic venture ...
... New York , and Annapolis , and all were widely circulated . In fact , it was this distinct lack of provinciality among the earliest American newspapers that helped make competition keen . Franklin had commenced his journalistic venture ...
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Contents
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36 | |
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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