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...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...

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...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ...NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on Janu ary 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow c... ..., and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the “New England Courant.” To this journal he became a contribu... ...former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contributed many essa... ...in 1775 he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to Massachusetts the famous letter of Hutchinson and Oliver. On his arrival ... ... man. I remember him well, for when I was a boy he came over to my father in Boston, and lived in the house with us some years. He lived to a great ag... ...written some pieces in prose and verse, which were printed in the Gloucester newspapers; thence he was sent to Oxford; where he continued about a year... ...ter impression. The piece, being universally approved, was copied in all the newspapers of the Continent; reprinted in Britain on a broad side, to be ...

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...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, ...

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...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobsco...

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... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... .... . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railro... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ... Charles T. Jackson, the State Geologist, in 1837; and by two young men from Boston in 1845. All these have given accounts of their ex peditions. Sin... ...xtensive. So that some hours only of travel in this direction 1 Chapter first published in Union Magazine, 1848. 2 The Maine Woods will carry the curi... ...he towns and cities; cannot the emigrant who can pay his fare to New York or Boston pay five dollars more to get here, — I paid three, all told, for my... ...all cent picture books among the chil dren, to teach them to read, and also newspapers, more or less recent, among the parents, than which nothing ca... ...prince rushed by, observing, “Twelve o’clock, gentlemen!” and 9 Chapter first published in Atlantic Monthly, 1858. 52 The Maine Woods blew out the lig... ...); soap, two pieces; large knife and iron spoon (for all); three or four old newspapers, much twine, and several rags for dishcloths; twenty feet of s...

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...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...heir way to this coast. I also directed the commandant of the navy-yard at Boston to purchase or charter and arm as quickly as possible five steamship... ...Y STANTON TO GOVERNOR ANDREW . W ASHINGTON, May 27, 1862. GOVERNOR ANDREW, Boston: The President directs that the militia be relieved, and the en- lis... ...2, and which act and the joint resolution explanatory thereof are herewith published, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby pr... ...ct should be instantaneous. It is six days old, and, while commendation in newspapers and by distin- guished individuals is all that a vain man could ... ...- ure. In answer to your question, “Has it not been publicly stated in the newspapers, and apparently proved as a fact, that from the commencement of ... ...o distribute largely seeds, cereals, plants, and cuttings, and has already published and liberally diffused much valuable information in anticipation.... ...ac: Owing to the press in behalf of Daniel Sullivan, Company E, Thirteenth Massachusetts, and the doubt; though small, which you express of his guilty...

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........... 212 CHAPTER XV: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ................................................................. 243 CHAPTER XVI: BOSTON........................................................................................................................ 251 CHAPTER XVII: CAMBRIDGE AND LOWELL ..............................................................

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ............................................................ 243 CHAPTER XVI: BOSTON........................................................................ ........................................................ 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON ......................................................... ... of this page would have been as unreasonable had that reader been born in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the dearly-beloved friends of my fami... ...y bar, or smoking in a comfortless reading-room among a deluge of American newspapers. And I protest also—hoping as I do so that I may say much in thi... ...rs; it has three or four churches, and intends to thrive. It possesses two newspapers, of the prosperity of which I should be in- clined to feel less ... ... clined to feel less assured. The annual subscription to such a newspaper, published twice a week, is ten shillings. A sale of a thousand copies is no... ... way back to England from Bermuda, and in a volume of travels which I then published I endeavored to explain the impression made upon me by this passa...

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... THE ARMY OF THE NORTH..................................................................................................... 135 CHAPTER VIII: BACK TO BOSTON.................................................................................................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ...................................................

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ................................................... 135 CHAPTER VIII: BACK TO BOSTON ....................................................................... ...es the country is wild, trackless, unbridged, uninhab- ited, and desolate. Massachusetts Avenue runs the whole length of the city, and is inserted on ... ... found none who spoke of their city with affec- tion. The men and women of Boston think that the sun shines nowhere else; and Boston Common is very pl... ...t Mr. Seward would find any other line of conduct very in- convenient. The newspapers, one after another, came round. That, under all these circumstan... ...overn- ment behaved well in the matter, no one, I think, can deny; but the newspapers, taken as a whole, were not very consistent, and, I think, not v... ...ates, was at this time secretary to a sanitary commission on the army, and published an abstract of the results of the inquiries made, on which I beli... .... In every word of his official writings, of which a large volume has been published, he shows plainly that he intends to be considered as the man of ...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for...

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... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...PARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER XXXVI — SOUNDINGS—SIGHTS FROM HOME—BOSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 HARBOR—LEAVING THE SHIP - ii - CHA... ...as the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was ... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...her. The pictures of steamboats and railroad cars, in the columns of some newspapers which I had, gave me great difficulty to explain. The grading... ...be read and re read again and again at my leisure. Then came a half a dozen newspapers, the last of which gave notice of Thanksgiving, and of the c... ...by an arrival from Boston, we found a letter from Captain Low, of the Cabot, published immediately upon his arrival at New York, and giving all the ... ... giving all the particulars just as we had them from George. The letter was published for the information of the friends of George, and Captain Low ... ...ls of Cape Cod, over our larboard quarter, and before us, the wide waters of Massachusetts Bay, with here and there a sail gliding over its smooth sur...

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... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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