Pagina-afbeeldingen
PDF
ePub

The

INDEX.

Almanac making in the Col-
onies in the eighteenth

century, 112

Caslon, William, 152
Childs, Francis, 149

Colden, Cadwallader, 215

"American Citizen" quoted, Collins, John, 213

207

"American Weekly Mer-

[ocr errors]

cury," 95

Autobiography, alterations
in, 202

Bache, Benjamin Franklin,
157, 165
Balzac, quoted on Franklin,

172

Baskerville, John, 154
Bond, Dr., quoted, 226

Collinson, Peter, 215

"Court of the Press," 103
Craven Street, London, where
Franklin lodged, 48
Cutler, Rev. Dr. Manasseh,
quoted, 222.

Day, Matthew, second prin-

ter in the Colonies, 8
Daye, Stephen, first printer
in the Colonies, 5

Boston, early population of, Dunlap, William, 140

3

"Boston News-Letter" estab-

lished, II

Bradford, William, first
printer in Philadelphia
and New York, 11
Burke, Edmund, 216

Business before the Revolu-

tion, 130

Editions of Franklin's works,

209

First American magazine ad-

vertisement, 81

Fisher, Sydney George,
quoted, 137

Ford, Paul Leicester, quoted,
81, 126

241

Franklin, Benjamin, Con.

Franklin, Benjamin,

Birth, 13

Goes to school, 14

Adopts a trade, 15
Terms of apprenticeship, 16
Becomes publisher of the
"New England Cour-
ant," 28

Runs away from Boston, 30
In New York, 30

Goes to Philadelphia, 31
Lodges with Andrew Brad-
ford, 35

Meets Sir William Keith, 37
Returns to Boston, 38
Sails for London, 41
Goes to work at Samuel

[blocks in formation]

Known as the "Water-
American," 47

As an athlete, 49
Employed as a clerk, 50
Draws up a plan of life,
52
Religious belief, 57

Foreman of Keimer's print-
ing office in Philadelphia,
58

Prints the New Jersey
Money, 61

[blocks in formation]

On the uses of words, 168
Interest in medicine, 237
Inventions, 237
Franklin, James, gives em-

ployment to Benjamin, 15
Establishes "New Eng-
land Courant," 20
In prison, 26

Franklin, James, Jr., 140
Franklin, Josiah, 12

Franklin, William Temple,
quoted, 162, 186
Inherits his grandfather's

papers, 201

Advertises for those not

in his possession, 203

[blocks in formation]

Harris, Benjamin, publisher
"Public Occurrences
Both Foreign and Do-
mestic," 10
Harry, David, 65, 67
Holland, Samuel, 140
Hume, David, quoted, 179

James, Thomas, typefounder,

150
Jones, John Paul and "Poor
Richard's Almanack,"
128

Johnson, Marmeduke, fourth
printer in the Colonies, 9
Junto, Formation of, 213

"Kalendarium

Pennsilvan-

iense," IIO

Keimer, Samuel, 65, 98

Livingston, Luther S.,

quoted, 157, 164

Mather, Rev. Increase, 24

[blocks in formation]

Mecom, Benjamin, 140
Meredith, Hugh, Franklin's
first partner, 60

"New England Courant" es-
tablished, 20

New York, early population
of, 4

Ocean travel early in the
Eighteenth Century, 50

Parker, James, 141

Palmer, Samuel, author of
"A History of Printing,"

43

Parton, James, quoted, 56,
68, 131, 136
"Pennsylvania Gazette," 98
Advertisements in, 107,
167
Philadelphia, early popula-
tion of, 4
"Philadelphische Zeitung,"

81

"Poor Richard's Almanack,"

115

Printing in Philadelphia in

1728, 68
Prophecy of the Death of
Titan Leeds, 120

Ralph, James, 42, 213
Roden, Robert F, quoted, 9

Scheme for a new alphabet, "Supplement to the Boston

[blocks in formation]

Watson, John F., quoted,

130
Webb, George, 95

Sparks, Jared, quoted, 13, 199 Webster, Noah, quoted, 192

Strahan, William, 155

Whitemarsh, Thomas, 139

MAR 28 1917

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS

GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

« VorigeDoorgaan »