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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... letters gave emphasis to the word and variation to the arrangement of words on the page . “ I have minutely followed my old Rule of capitalizing all Substantives , ” Samuel Davies informed Franklin network printer John Holt in 1761 ...
... letters gave emphasis to the word and variation to the arrangement of words on the page . “ I have minutely followed my old Rule of capitalizing all Substantives , ” Samuel Davies informed Franklin network printer John Holt in 1761 ...
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... letter to printer Francis Childs, in which Franklin listed ten “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 ...
... letter to printer Francis Childs, in which Franklin listed ten “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 ...
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... letter to his son William, from whom he later became estranged. In it, Franklin cast himself as a multifaceted character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral philosopher, and common tradesman on a pil- grimage ...
... letter to his son William, from whom he later became estranged. In it, Franklin cast himself as a multifaceted character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral philosopher, and common tradesman on a pil- grimage ...
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... letter to his parents that he wished to serve God through his virtuous deeds . “ Scripture assures me , that at the last Day , we shall not be examin'd what we thought , but what we did ; and our Recom- mendation will not be that we ...
... letter to his parents that he wished to serve God through his virtuous deeds . “ Scripture assures me , that at the last Day , we shall not be examin'd what we thought , but what we did ; and our Recom- mendation will not be that we ...
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... letters and printed matter to and from the deputy postmaster - general traveled free of cost . * 49 In the six - year partnership contract , Franklin shared the cost of materials , used the printer as a distributor of Poor Richard's ...
... letters and printed matter to and from the deputy postmaster - general traveled free of cost . * 49 In the six - year partnership contract , Franklin shared the cost of materials , used the printer as a distributor of Poor Richard's ...
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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