BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS A MAN OF LETTERS. BY JOHN BACH MCMASTER, BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1887. V Z HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY MRS. THOM WENTWORTH' OGINSON Au71911941 Copyright, 1887, BY JOHN BACH MOMASTER. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge: PREFATORY NOTE. My thanks are due to Dr. Samuel Green, of the Massachusetts Historical Society; to Mr. Theodore Dwight, of the Library of the Department of State at Washington; to Mr. Hildeburn, of the Philadelphia Athenæum ; and especially to Mr. Lindsay Swift, of the Boston Public Library, and Mr. F. D. Stone, of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, for the help so kindly given me when gathering the material for this Life of Franklin. PHILADELPHIA, JOHN BACH MCMASTER. Birth and early training. The newspapers and literature Franklin reaches Philadelphia; is employed by Keimer; goes to London; writes a pamphlet, "Liberty and Necessity"; comes back to Philadelphia; opens a printing office; writes "The Busybody," and a pam- Buys Keimer's "Universal Instructor in all the Arts and Sciences," and establishes the "Pennsylvania Gazette"; |
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