Book of Ages (76 page)

peace efforts,
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Pennsylvania

BF as president of,
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Stamp Act and

see also
Philadelphia, Pa.

Pennsylvania Gazette
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Pennsylvania Hospital,
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Pennsylvania Journal

Pennsylvania Magazine

Pennsylvania Packet

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly,
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Perkins, John,
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as natural philosopher

Persuasion
(Austen)

“Petition of the Letter Z” (B. Franklin),
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Philadelphia, Pa.,
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Benny Mecom in,
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BF in,
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BF’s home renovation in

BF’s importance in

British in,
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Constitutional Convention in,
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Continental Congress in,
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JFM’s living in,
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JFM’s visit to,
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J. Kinsman in,
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Josiah Flagg in,
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lending library in

mail from Boston to,
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mob in

newspapers in

printing and publishing in,
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Sparks in

Philadelphia
General Advertiser
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Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers
(B. Franklin)

philosophy,
23.1
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28.1
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32.1
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34.1
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38.1

Plain Truth
(B. Franklin),
14.1
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Plutarch,
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12.1
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poetry,
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30.1
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of BF

of B. Franklin the Elder,
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of Bradstreet,
4.1
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10.1

about childbirth

as children

of Folger,
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of Jane Colman,
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of Longfellow,
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of Thomas of Celano

of Ward

of Wheatley,
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pointing (punctuating),
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Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces
(B. Franklin),
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34.1
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app6.1

politics,
25.1
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25.2
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26.1
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38.1

BF’s views on,
14.1
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23.1

JFM’s interest in,
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app6.1

poor laws,
6.1
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39.1

Poor Richard’s Almanack
(B. Franklin),
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proverbs in,
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Pope, Alexander,
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Pope, Bathsheba

Pope, Bathsheba Folger,
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Pope, Joseph

portraits,
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of Josiah Flagg and Jane Flagg Greene,
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Portsmouth, N.H.,
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Post Act (1764)

postage rates,
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postal system,
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postmasters,
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post office, Boston

poverty,
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disease and,
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Massachusetts crisis and,
34.1
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35.1

Pownall, Thomas

pregnancy,
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press, freedom of,
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Price, Richard,
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BF’s memoirs and,
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Price, Thomas,
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12.2

Priestley, Joseph,
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printing, printing press,
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41.1

in Antigua,
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in Boston,
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in Cambridge,
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in London,
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of money

in New York,
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in Philadelphia,
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Stamp Act and,
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privateers,
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15.2

Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin.… Written By Himself, The
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37.2

Privy Council,
25.1
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25.2

property, women’s owning of,
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Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America
(B. Franklin)

Protestant Reformation,
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proverbs,
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Providence,
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psalms,
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Publick Occurrences

Puritans,
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Quartering Act

Rabelais, François

Ray, Caty,
see
Greene, Catharine Ray “Caty”

Read, Deborah,
see
Franklin, Deborah Read

Read, John

reading,
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38.2

of BF,
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37.1

of girls,
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of JFM,
see
Mecom, Jane Franklin “Jenny,” reading of

as lesson of childhood

religion and,
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writing vs.

Reasons why the British colonies, in America, should not be charged with internal taxes, by authority of Parliament

religion,
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reading and,
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Revere, Paul,
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Rhode Island,
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JFM in,
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Richardson, Samuel,
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Right Thoughts in Sad Hours
(Cotton Mather)

Rise of the Dutch Republic, The
(Motley)

Robinson Crusoe
(Defoe)

Rogers, Deborah Read,
see
Franklin, Deborah Read

Rogers, Mr.,
9.1
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11.1

Room of One’s Own, A
(Woolf)

Rosenbach Company,
42.1
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Rowson, Susanna,
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Roxbury, Mass.,
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Royall, Abigail

“Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One” (B. Franklin)

Rush, Benjamin,
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saddlers, saddles,
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19.2