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Thomas Penn, mezzotint by David Martin, after Davis. Thomas Penn (1702– 75) became the chief proprietor of Pennsylvania in 1746. He lived in Philadelphia for nine years (1732–41) and came to know Franklin as a ''sort of Tribune of the ...
He “could give me no Employment, having little to do, and Help enough already: But, says he, my Son at Philadelphia had lately lost his principal Hand, Aquila Rose, by Death. If you go thither I believe he may employ you” (A 21).
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The book sheds light on imperial issues and personalities during the Revolutionary period.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Benjamin Franklin had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.
Reproduction of the original: Benjamin Franklin by William Cabell Bruce