... a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon."" He also recounted stories of less hardworking, more indulgent associates, and their subsequent downfalls, of which, he continues, is due to their chosen business strategies, so different from his own. Of a threatening business rival, Harry David, Franklin describes, "He was very proud, dress'd like a gentleman, liv'd expensively, took much diversion and pleasure abroad, ran in ... He ' completely belittles King George III, as a leader, and proves him a disinterested and wholly inadequate statesman for such a great establishment as Ame...

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