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... Franklin , Lancaster . William Darlington , West Chester . Parker Campbell , Washington , ( Pa . ) Thomas B. McElwee , Bedford . Francis W. Rawle , Clearfield County . John Young , HISTORICAL SOCIETY . 13 Honorary and Corresponding Members,
... Franklin , Lancaster . William Darlington , West Chester . Parker Campbell , Washington , ( Pa . ) Thomas B. McElwee , Bedford . Francis W. Rawle , Clearfield County . John Young , HISTORICAL SOCIETY . 13 Honorary and Corresponding Members,
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... FRANKLIN . The year 1719 deserves particular remembrance in the annals of Pennsylvania , as that in which the first newspaper was printed in the state . These potent engines exercise so vast an influence for good or evil over men's ...
... FRANKLIN . The year 1719 deserves particular remembrance in the annals of Pennsylvania , as that in which the first newspaper was printed in the state . These potent engines exercise so vast an influence for good or evil over men's ...
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... Franklin has im- mortalized Keimer , the eccentric publisher of this journal , whose vanity and selfishness , whose wild notions upon religion and morals , and whose turn for poetry and gluttony are so happily and gra- phically ...
... Franklin has im- mortalized Keimer , the eccentric publisher of this journal , whose vanity and selfishness , whose wild notions upon religion and morals , and whose turn for poetry and gluttony are so happily and gra- phically ...
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... Franklin may perhaps be denominated the architect of its literature , the gifted author of many of its best in ... Franklin's mind . The name of this illustrious man is closely connected with the literary history of Pennsylvania ; but ...
... Franklin may perhaps be denominated the architect of its literature , the gifted author of many of its best in ... Franklin's mind . The name of this illustrious man is closely connected with the literary history of Pennsylvania ; but ...
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... Franklin's arrival in Philadel- phia , there were two printing offices in operation . Keimer , the proprietor of one of them , had however but one press and a few worn out types , with which , when Franklin visited him he was compos ...
... Franklin's arrival in Philadel- phia , there were two printing offices in operation . Keimer , the proprietor of one of them , had however but one press and a few worn out types , with which , when Franklin visited him he was compos ...
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