A Lecture on the Life of Dr. Franklin (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Lecture on the Life of Dr. Franklin The duty which has devolved upon me, and which I am now about to fulfil, is both novel and unexpected; and although, under other circumstances, I would have´declined its execution, I cannot with propriety do so in this instance. Circumstances, which, if not already known to the reader, will appear in the perusal of the following pages, have in some degree identified my name with this Lecture; and as it is now going before the public, on both sides of the Atlantic, among those to whom I am well known, and who may feel interested in the reasons why I am thus identified, I will briefly relate them. In the month of June last, I accidentally learned that the identical Printing Press at which Dr. Franklin had worked in London, in 1725-26, was still in existence, and in the possession of Messrs. Harrild and Sons, a highly respectable firm in that city, upon whom I called on my next visit there, in the early part of July. I had no sooner seen it, than I felt that an upper room in a by-lane of London, at some distance from a frequented street, was not the place for any relic, however trifling, of Benjamin Franklin; and I immediately proposed to the owners to send it to America. They replied, that they had had some intention of presenting it to the Government of the United States, but were not at present prepared to decide upon doing so. They assured me, however, that they would not part with it for any other purpose. I left London in a few days; and, after the matter had rested some months, again addressed Messrs. Harrild on the subject, inquiring what amount of monied value they would set upon the Press; adding, that they were fully aware of, and could appreciate, my anxiety to transfer it from its then obscure position in this country, where its illustrious workman is naturally not regarded as he is in America, to the scene of his greatest labours, and the land hallowed by his associations. To this, those gentlemen replied, that they did not wish to take advantage of my anxiety for the Press, and would consent to part with it, provided I would secure for them in return, a donation to the Printers´ Pension Society of London, - an institution highly deserving, (its object being the support of aged and decayed printers, and widows of printers), and of which they are active members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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