The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Private as Well as His Official and Scientific Correspondence, and Numerous Letters and Documents Now for the First Time Printed, with Many Others Not Included in Any Former Collection, Also, the Unmutilated and Correct Version of His Autobiography, Volume 3G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887 |
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Page 16
... pounds ster- ling a year , keep a genteel table , a coach , & c . , and his income would be at least nine hundred pounds . If it fell short of that , the Proprietors would engage to make it up . For the truth of his being able to live ...
... pounds ster- ling a year , keep a genteel table , a coach , & c . , and his income would be at least nine hundred pounds . If it fell short of that , the Proprietors would engage to make it up . For the truth of his being able to live ...
Page 45
... pounds every year from the profits of his business , after maintaining his family and paying all charges . I gave him , however , two reasons why I could not think of removing hither : one , my affection to Pennsylvania , and long ...
... pounds every year from the profits of his business , after maintaining his family and paying all charges . I gave him , however , two reasons why I could not think of removing hither : one , my affection to Pennsylvania , and long ...
Page 59
... pounds for the same object . Dr. Bray formed an associa- tion for the management and proper disposal of these funds . He died in 1730 , and the same trust continued to be executed by a company of gentle- men , called " Dr. Bray's ...
... pounds for the same object . Dr. Bray formed an associa- tion for the management and proper disposal of these funds . He died in 1730 , and the same trust continued to be executed by a company of gentle- men , called " Dr. Bray's ...
Page 100
... pound is not above one per cent . on the value , and amounts to twenty- eight pounds per ton . If the growths of a country find their way out of it , the manufactures of the country where they go will infallibly find their way into it ...
... pound is not above one per cent . on the value , and amounts to twenty- eight pounds per ton . If the growths of a country find their way out of it , the manufactures of the country where they go will infallibly find their way into it ...
Page 129
... pounds in the process . The profits of the un- dertaking , however , were not in pro- portion to the enterprise and expense attending it ; as will be seen by the following extract from a letter which he wrote to Dr. Franklin , dated Bir ...
... pounds in the process . The profits of the un- dertaking , however , were not in pro- portion to the enterprise and expense attending it ; as will be seen by the following extract from a letter which he wrote to Dr. Franklin , dated Bir ...
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