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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... reputation and business opportunities improved as he became acquainted with “ many principal People of the Province ” and made “ some very ingenious Acquaintance whose Conversation was of great Advantage to me . >> 7 It is easy to ...
... reputation and business opportunities improved as he became acquainted with “ many principal People of the Province ” and made “ some very ingenious Acquaintance whose Conversation was of great Advantage to me . >> 7 It is easy to ...
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... reputation not only survived , but exceeded his expecta- 5 Many qualities would be ascribed to Franklin — some more. tions . 5 Franklin was posthumously showered with lavish praise in the American press as a literary giant , ingenious ...
... reputation not only survived , but exceeded his expecta- 5 Many qualities would be ascribed to Franklin — some more. tions . 5 Franklin was posthumously showered with lavish praise in the American press as a literary giant , ingenious ...
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... Reputation and Fame , as strong as you can imagine , and his Time and Thoughts are chiefly employed to obtain it , and to set Tongues and Pens male and female , to celebrating him , ” a resentful Adams wrote of Franklin . “ Painters ...
... Reputation and Fame , as strong as you can imagine , and his Time and Thoughts are chiefly employed to obtain it , and to set Tongues and Pens male and female , to celebrating him , ” a resentful Adams wrote of Franklin . “ Painters ...
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... Reputation in the World, and having gone so far thro' Life with a considerable Share of Felicity, the conducing Means I made use of, which, with the Blessing of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity may like to know, as they may find ...
... Reputation in the World, and having gone so far thro' Life with a considerable Share of Felicity, the conducing Means I made use of, which, with the Blessing of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity may like to know, as they may find ...
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... reputation as a superior moralist and belletrist augments his fame as a statesman , inventor , scientist , patriot , and philan- thropist . The most instructive portion of the work is the brief Part II , which he wrote in France in 1784 ...
... reputation as a superior moralist and belletrist augments his fame as a statesman , inventor , scientist , patriot , and philan- thropist . The most instructive portion of the work is the brief Part II , which he wrote in France in 1784 ...
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 |
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