 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1906 - 268 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for aj5u^s£tip±LojiJibxary~ I drew up the proposals, got them put into form by our great scrivener, Brockden,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 382 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that tor a subscription library.1 I drew up the proposals, got them put into form by our great scrivener,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1909 - 432 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public...the term our company was to continue. We afterwards obtain'da charter, the company being increased to one hundred: this was the mother of all the North... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public...fifty years, the term our company was to continue. We afterward obtained a charter, the company being increased to one hundred. This was the mother of all... | |
 | Charles Meredith DuPuy - 1910 - 296 pages
...showed that he was one of its largest stockholders. His services as president were highly appreciated " And now I set on foot my first project of a public...nature, — that for a subscription library. I drew up proposals, got them put into form by our great Scribener, Brockden, and by the help of my friend in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1910 - 216 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, — that 1 Mrs. Franklin died Dec. 19, 1774. Franklin celebrated his wife in a song, of which the following... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1912 - 274 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public...nature, that for a subscription library. I drew up thel0 proposals, got them put into form by our great scrivener, Brockden, and, by the help of my friends... | |
 | George Maurice Abbot - 1913 - 68 pages
...care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public...nature, that for a subscription library. I drew up proposals, got them put into form by our great scrivener, Brockden, and by the help of my friends of... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosities and wonders - 1913 - 990 pages
...and for some time contented us. Yet some inconveniences occurring, each took his books home again. And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for a subseription library. The institution soon manifested its ability, was imitated in other towns and... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosities and wonders - 1913 - 1028 pages
...time contented us. . . Yet some inconveniences occurring, each took his books home again. And now 1 set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for a subscription library. The institution soon manifested its ability, was imitated in other towns and in other provinces. .... | |
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And now I set on foot my first project of a public nature, that for a subscription library. I drew up the proposals, got them put into form by our great scrivener, Brockden, and, by the help of my friends in the Junto, procured fifty subscribers of forty... 
