Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1McCarty & Davis, 1840 - Statesmen |
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... vessels , 155 . Pitt , Wm . , earl of Chatham , consults Franklin re- specting Canada , 74 . Plain Truth published , 44 . Smith , Dr. , pronounces a funeral oration for Franklin , 190 . Spangenberg , bishop , some account of , 59 ...
... vessels , 155 . Pitt , Wm . , earl of Chatham , consults Franklin re- specting Canada , 74 . Plain Truth published , 44 . Smith , Dr. , pronounces a funeral oration for Franklin , 190 . Spangenberg , bishop , some account of , 59 ...
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... vessel , not fit for the north- ern seas , and which foundered on her return . He served as commissioner and plenipotentiary at the court of France ; and performed services which were not probably duties of his station . No secretary ...
... vessel , not fit for the north- ern seas , and which foundered on her return . He served as commissioner and plenipotentiary at the court of France ; and performed services which were not probably duties of his station . No secretary ...
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... vessel , with the governor's letter to my father . In the mean time it was to be kept a secret , and I went on working with Keimer as usual . The governor sent for me now and then to dine with him , which I considered a great honour ...
... vessel , with the governor's letter to my father . In the mean time it was to be kept a secret , and I went on working with Keimer as usual . The governor sent for me now and then to dine with him , which I considered a great honour ...
Page 46
... vessel , supposed to be an enemy . Their captain prepared for defence ; but told William Penn , and his company of Quakers , that he did not expect their assist- ance , and they might retire into the cabin ; which they did , except ...
... vessel , supposed to be an enemy . Their captain prepared for defence ; but told William Penn , and his company of Quakers , that he did not expect their assist- ance , and they might retire into the cabin ; which they did , except ...
Page 66
... be occasioned by the different opinions of seamen respecting the modes of loading , rigging , and sailing of a ship ; each has his method , and the same vessel laden by the method and orders of one captain , shall sail 66 MEMOIRS OF.
... be occasioned by the different opinions of seamen respecting the modes of loading , rigging , and sailing of a ship ; each has his method , and the same vessel laden by the method and orders of one captain , shall sail 66 MEMOIRS OF.
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