 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...general; but the Rich Men dislik'd it; for it increas'd and strengthen'd the Clamour for more Money; and they happening to have no Writers among them that were able to answer it, their Opposition slacken'd, & the Point was carried by a Majority in the House. My Friends there, who conceiv'd I had... | |
 | Keith Arbour - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 104 pages
...general; but the Rich Men dislik'd it; for it increas'd and strengthen'd the Clamour for more Money; and they happening to have no Writers among them that were able to answer it, their Opposition slack'd, and the Point was carried by a Majority in the House. My Friends there, who conceiv'd I had... | |
 | Hugh Amory, David D. Hall - Business & Economics - 2000 - 676 pages
...general; but the Rich Men dislik'd it; for it increas'd and strengthen'd the Clamour for more Money; and they happening to have no Writers among them that were able to answer it, their Opposition slacken'd, & the Point was carried by a Majority in the House."12 Franklin understated the moderation... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 680 pages
...general ; but the rich men dislik'd it, for it increas'd and strengthen'd the clamor for more money, and they happening to have no writers among them that were able to answer it, their opposition slacken'd, and the point was carried by a majority in the House. My friends there, who conceiv'd I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 pages
...general; but the rich men disliked it, for it increased and strengthened the clamor for more money, and they happening to have no writers among them that...by a majority in the House. My friends there, who conceived I had been of some service, thought fit to reward me by employing me in printing the money;... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 607 pages
...public ones. His friends in the legislature, "who considered I had been of some service, thought it fit to reward me by employing me in printing the money...This was another advantage gained by my being able to write."12 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE Franklin's scheme to put Keimer out of business, which was aided... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 607 pages
...considered I had been of some service, thought it fit to reward me by employing me in printing the money—a very profitable job and a great help to me. This was...another advantage gained by my being able to write." 12 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE Franklin's scheme to put Keimer out of business, which was aided by the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...general, but the rich men disliked it, for it increased and strengthened the clamor for more money ; and they happening to have no writers among them that...another advantage gained by my being able to write. The utility of this currency became by time and experience so evident that the principles upon which... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 330 pages
...general but the Rich Men dislik'd it; for it increas'd and strengthen'd the Clamour for more Money; and they happening to have no Writers among them that were able to answer it, their Opposition slacken'd, & the Point was carried by a Majority in the House. My Friends there, who thought I had... | |
 | Ralph Frasca - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 307 pages
...eventually passed the Pennsylvania Assembly. As a result, "My Friends there, who conceiv'd I had been of Service, thought fit to reward me, by employing me in printing the Money, a very profitable Jobb, and a great Help to me." This, he recalled, "was another Advantage gain'd by my being able to... | |
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I had been of some service, thought fit to reward me, by employing me in printing the money ; a very profitable job, and a great help to me. This was another advantage gained by my being able to write. 
