... Gazette from 1729 to 1766. He also wrote and published Poor Richard's Almanac from 1733 until1758. Benjamin had many ideas for the improvement of Philadelphia. He formed the first circulating library in America, helped organize their fire department, and suggested ways to light streets, deepen the rivers, dispose of garbage, and keep people from slipping on ice. Sometimes his ideas turned ... . Braddock ignored his warning. As a result, the French and Indians ambushed the British. Meanwhile, Franklin raised volunteer colonial armies to defend frontier towns and supervised construction of...

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... was established by 50 founding shareholders signed on. Each shareholder contributed 40 shillings and agreed to pay ten shillings per year. The Philadelphia library company was born. He formed the first public library in America. Library Company is an independent, non-profit research center. The availability of books allows Franklin the ability to advise readers on politics, philosophy, ... and how to get ahead in the world. The Library of Philadelphia is provide to all segments of Philadelphia's diverse population a comprehensive collection of information in a variety of media, and provi...

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... Read as they live life to the fullest, always having fun and always going broke. Franklin, meanwhile, befriends a man named Wilcox, and together they work out a deal for a small lending library, and idea which will come to greater fruition back in Philadelphia. Franklin prints a pamphlet called A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain. The pamphlet is read by a well known ... sweetheart, Miss Read, on September 1, 1730. It is her second marriage; her first husband abandoned her. She helps Franklin in his "first project of a public nature": a subscription library, which...

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... help him in his printing business. The club also allows Franklin to develop his writing skills. With help Franklin successfully organizes a more public venture, known as the subscription library. Franklin introduces the library system for the good of the public, knowing that reading would generally enable a person to enlarge their education and understanding. He feels that he has prospered due to the ... society around him, and he is willing to devote time and energy for its betterment, such as the library. He uses the library to better himself. He commits two hours each day to reading ...

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... help him in his printing business. The club also allows Franklin to develop his writing skills. With help Franklin successfully organizes a more public venture, known as the subscription library. Franklin introduces the library system for the good of the public, knowing that reading would generally enable a person to enlarge their education and understanding. He feels that he has prospered due to the ... society around him, and he is willing to devote time and energy for its betterment, such as the library. He uses the library to better himself. He commits two hours each day to reading ...

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Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 on a farm called "Shadwell, in Albernarle County, Virginia" adjoining what is now Monticello. (Biography, p.1) His father and mother were known amongst some of the most famous ... of the first settlers of Virginia, from Wales. Thomas's mother came from one of the most distinguished families in Virginia, while his father was a county official and surveyor. At age five Jefferson's father placed him into an English school where he spent four years and then afterwards he was transferred to ... Crisis." In 1769 Jefferson was admitted to the bar of the ...

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... pursuing his friend's wife, and frugality, seen in the stories of his indebtedness, while others were more positive, like his first major accomplishment, which I think was founding the Philadelphia subscription library. The second part of the theme, however, is much more explicit. Franklin gives less of a personal narrative and more explicit guidance, as in listing and explaining his thirteen virtues. It ... he made, by his witty style and judicious selection of news, both entertaining and informative. Later, in 1731, he founded what was probably the first public library in America, cha...

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... the country's foreign problems, Jefferson once again retired to Monticello. During retirement, Jefferson supervised the farming of his many lands and designed a plow, which revolutionized agriculture; he tended his library like a garden. Jefferson changed the architectural plans for Monticello, and supervised the construction. After three rather active years of "retirement", Jefferson accepted the Republican Party's nomination in 1796 for ... back for a second term. Busy as he was during these years, Jefferson had found time to follow his favorite intellectual pursuits. He had not only ...

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... sweetheart, Miss Read, on September 1, 1730. It was her second marriage; her first husband abandoned her. She helped Franklin in his "first project of a public nature": a subscription library, which Franklin founds as the first library in America. "These libraries have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the common tradesman and farmers as intelligent as most gentleman from other countries, and ... perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defense of their privileges." His library, he wrote, helped "reading bec...

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... social contributions during the 1730s and 1740s. He helped start projects to pave, clean, and light the streets in Philadelphia. One of Franklin's premier accomplishments was helping to launch the Library Company in 1731. During that time books were scarce as well as expensive. Franklin recognized that by joining resources, members of the ... library could afford to buy books from England. In 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society, the first intellectual society in America. Recognizing that the city needed better help ... in treating the sick, Franklin brought tog...

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... are still used today. He invented most of his inventions to benefit others, and to solve some common problems. Some of the things he invented include the fire station, the library, the light bulb, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and swim fins. He invented the fire unions in order to eliminate house fires, "I wrote a paper on the different accidents and carelessnesses ... a way to fix that problem. His Franklin stove was also useful and beneficial. It was an open stove he had invented to improve heating inside homes. His creation of the library allowed subscribers to acquire books to read ...

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... in the literary and publishing world." Two years after acquiring the Pennsylvania Gazette (September 1729) Franklin founded in 1731 what is believed to be the first library in America. It would later be called the Philadelphia Library. The following year Franklin wrote the world renowned Poor Richard's Almanack under the pen name Richard Saunders. I found it interesting how Franklin was reluctant to ... ...

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... her death in 1774. For years Franklin was the public printer of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. 1731 - Established the first public library 6. Due to the debate groups (Junto) need for books he started the Library Company of Philadelphia. 1732 - Began publication of Poor Richard's Almanac 1736-51 - Served as clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly 1743 - Founded the American Philosophical ... ...

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... . In 1730 he married Deborah Read, a Philadelphia woman whom he had known before his trip to England. Benjamin also founded what was probably the first public library in America, charted in 1742 as the Philadelphia Library. He published Poor Richard's Almanack in 1732, under the pen name Richard Saunders. He gained a wide audience, and exerted a perasive influence upon the American character. Benjamin ... ...

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Benjamin Franklin is considered one of the first successful contributors to the development of book publishing in the American colonies. Franklin opened the first subscription library in the colonies and began publishing Poor Richards Almanack in 1733. This provided people something to read besides the bible. Poor Richards Almanack contained weather forecasts, short stories, a list of ... against slavery. Horatio Alger Jr." books about growing up in an industrial society encouraged hope in young readers with rags to riches stories. This era also brought about the public library system which ...

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... volunteers who got together to exchange ideas and bring about civic improvements such as paved roads and streetlights in Philadelphia. Franklin was involved in the opening of the first subscription library and volunteer fire department in Philadelphia. In 1751 Franklin started the Philadelphia Academy, which later became the University of Pennsylvania. In 1752 Franklin was instrumental in starting a city hospital, which ... ...

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... soon began to find themselves worthy of a Gentleman. One of Benjamin's missions was to help the city of Philadelphia like tradesmen, shopkeepers, and craftsmen to gain knowledge through his own library, which he printed off. This one one way he continued to help his fellow middlemen, and did not care about money or even to credit himself because it became too ... ...

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... Deborah Read, a woman he met before his trip to England. Together they had a son, who died at four years of age; and a daughter. In 1731, Franklin started the first public library. During the next several years, Franklin also helped start the first fire department, a police force, and the Academy of Philadelphia, which became the University of Pennsylvania. Around 1744, Franklin invented ... ...

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... fields of study. Along with inventing many things he also helped improve everyday communities. Benjamin Franklin established many institutions. He founded the University of Pennsylvania. He established the first public library in the United States. Franklin also helped to setup a fire company, a hospital and one of the first fire insurance companies. Franklin promoted paved streets, sewers lines, and improved lighting in ... ...

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... took steps to find and implement solutions. In one case, he was disturbed by the unavailability of books to the public so he aggressively worked to establish the first public library in the American Colonies. In another case, his frustration with the inefficiency of the colonial postal system led him to become Philadelphia's postmaster. He worked diligently to make the colonial ... ...

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... in the autobiography that Benjamin Franklin was a very avid reader. Through his love for reading he not only became a much more educated man, he also helped establish the first Subscription Library where people could come rent books for a small charge. This led to our Free Public Libraries that we have today. By educating himself he was able to help educate others ... ...

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... bondage and began his history of an abolitionist orator. Once again, literature changed his life. Ben Franklin, too, gained renown and attempted to give back to the lowly. He opened a library to encourage others to partake in literature and as a result, reading became fashionable. His idea of self-betterment stayed with him and he formulated his thirteen virtues and began a family ... ...

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... . The Junto members pledged , to love truth for it's own sake, and, to communicate the truth to others (Meltzer 80-81). The Junto club then became the first circulating public library in America (Kent51). Franklin came up with a new motto for his Junto Club. His motto was to improve yourself, improve your community. This motto meant for people to make the ... ...

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... study things such as science and foreign languages. He organized a debate club that became known as the American Philosophical Society. As a result of this club, Franklin started the first public library. Ben Franklin was interested in the welfare of the citizens of the city of Philadelphia. He organized the first volunteer Fire Department. He invented a fire truck which was actually a cart ... ...

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... about everything.Ben was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America.He signed the declaration of independence, invented many things we use today, established the first library and countless other things I cannot begin to list.Ben was born in boston Massachusettes in 1706.In his early life he began an apprenticeship at his brother James" printing shop ... ...

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