... his own print shop. Along with his partner, he also had a big hand in promoting the paper currency. 1730 - Married Deborah Read; began publication of Pennsylvania Gazette 5. Deborah Read had been married before but her husband left her and disappeared. Franklin-due to some mistakes-had been seeing other women before his marriage and had a boy William, though nobody ever knew whom ... his mother was. Franklin married Deborah on September 1, 1730; their marriage lasted until her death in 1774. For years Franklin was the public printer ... dispute with the proprietors of the colony 1766-75...

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... governor didn't keep his promise and Franklin was stranded in England. Franklin spent a year and a half in England and worked in a few different printing houses. He returned to Philadelphia and soon was back in the printing business. In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette. He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three ... children, two boys and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of New Jersey. He worked as a printer from 1730-1748 and was successful. He became the officia...

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... the Junto. Two years later, he took over The Pennsylvania Gazette from Keimer and turned it into a successful publication with tools from London. In 1730, Franklin wed his old sweetheart, Deborah Read, with whom he had two children. The first, William Franklin, was born approximately one year later; he is the man to whom the Autobiography is addressed in Part One. Throughout the 1730s ... a falling out. Keimer, however, tries to make amends when he realizes that Ben can supply him with important printing tools. John Read - A resident of Philadelphia, he houses Franklin shortly after Fra...

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