... 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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... 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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... books from England. He suggested that himself and the other members of the group, Junto, take advantage and gather all of their books together as one collection to make a public library. He drew up a plan and presented it to a Mr. Charles Brockden. Mr. Brockden was to come up with an agreement so that each person was to make a down payment for ... became more customary and people were better familiar with books. Before reading this portion, I did not know that Franklin was the one to set up the first of libraries. The library is the first place people used to go when they wanted to know...

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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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... when he partnered with a friend to open his own print shop in Philadelphia, 2 years later, he was named the official printer of Pennsylvania. He helped to establish America's first library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, in 1731. After having financial success selling pamphlet's, he purchased The Pennsylvania Gazette, he transformed the struggling newspaper into the most successful newspapers in the colonies. He ... ...

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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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... he could print and encourage his free thought. He also strangely becomes a vegetarian. He continues writing and in 1730 he marries Rebecca Read. In 1731 he also founded the Philadelphia library. In 1742 his invention career took of when he invented the Franklin stove. 1744 he also continued his philosophy by establishing the American Philosophy Society. In 1752 does the famous ... ...

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... coat. After a while he decided to get a house and start up his own business with the money that he had saved. He ended up making a bookstore and making his own library. Then began to make a self improvement list for himself that eventually were summed up into the twelve virtues that he followed to try to achieve perfection. Eventually he became very ... ...

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... then got yet another job in the printing profession. Soon after returning to America he bought the news paper called Pennsylvania Gazette. He then soon made the first ever public library, and Academy of Philadelphia which later became a university. Franklin also built the stove which is also used to this day. In the 1740's he started to research electricity, in 1748 ... ...

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... become deputy postmaster general for all colonies. Franklin set up the city delivery system and first dead mail office. He also worked constantly to better Philadelphia. The world's first subscription library and organized fire department were due to Benjamin Franklin's influence. He also reformed city police raised money to build a city hospital, established the American Philosophical Society and helped found the ... ...

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... many for his accomplishments as a political leader during his time. Franklin first began founding organizations for the public good during his youth. He was responsible for organizing the first lending library and the first volunteer fire company. Franklin developed many characteristics during his youth that helped him become a marvelous political leader. He was a highly social person with very strong opinions that ... ...

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... later, in 1752, he set up America's first fire insurance company. While in Paris, Ben proposed the idea of Daylight Savings Time. PRINTER In 1731, Ben founded America's first circulating library so that people could borrow books to read even though they might not have been able to afford to buy books to read. Again. At the age of twelve, Ben ... ...

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... Poor Richard's Almanack. Many of Poor Richard's sayings are famous even today. While he was building his business, Franklin was also helping his city. He began both the first lending library and the first volunteer fire department in the United States. He helped raise money for a city hospital. He also helped begin a school that later became the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin ... ...

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... laws of America, The Constitution of the United States. Franklin was an excellent diplomat and politician. A simple list of his accomplishments is several pages long. He started the first circulating library in America, founded a college that later became the University of Pennsylvania, made some popular furniture, and studied the laws of electricity-the famous night kite flying experiment. Another important reason ... ...

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... has to offer due to the commitment, " As long as possible live free and uncommitted." Work brings about imprisonment; "It makes no difference whether you are committed to a farm or a county jail." Franklin believed industry was how a person obtained success and was honored by society, "Industry gives comfort, and plenty, and respect." Benjamin Franklin believed that after one worked enough he ... ...

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