... 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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... 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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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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... aspiring tradesmen called the Junto. They aspired to build their own businesses, insure the growth of Philadelphia, and improve the quality of its life. Franklin led the Junto in founding a library (1731), fire company (1736), learned society (1743), college (later the University of Pennsylvania, 1749), and an insurance company and a hospital (1751). The group also carried out plans for paving, cleaning ... ...

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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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... . The accounts describe how teenagers, men, and women, all in their own way, questioned society, religion, and government in order to improve themselves and have their own effects on a changing county. The author compares and contrasts religious, political, and social issues that were dealt with during the early 1800's. In part one the author introduces the encounters of Indians and Europeans ... ...

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