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FO-From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 28 June 1756

3 reprints from 1756-06-28 to 1833-10-01

FO-From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 28 June 1756

by Franklin, Benjamin

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1756-06-28

I think they did not exceed £20 a Year. The Truth is, I intended from the first to give him that Printing House; but as he was very young and unexperienc’d in the World, I thought it best not to do it immediately but to keep him a little dependent for a Time, to check the flighty Unsettledness of Temper which on several Occasions he had discovered; and what I receiv’d from him I concluded to lay out in new Letters, that when I gave it him intirely it might be worth his Acceptance. And if I should die first, I put it in my Will, that the Letters should be all new cast for him. This Proposal of paying

From The American Monthly Review (1832-1833)

1833-08-01 · Cambridge

“The truth is, I intended from the first to give him the print-
ing house; but, as he was young and inexperienced in the world,
I thought it best not todo it immediately, but to keep him a little
dependent for a time, to check the flighty unsteadiness of temper
which, on several occasions, he had discovered; and what I
received from him I concluded to lay out in new letters (or types,)
that when I should give it to him entirely, it might be worth his
acceptance; and if I should die first, I put in my will, that the
letters should be all new cast for him.” Letter to Mrs Mecom.
p. 41.

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From The Monthly Review 1749-1844

1833-10-01

declares the nature of this policy still more strikingly :—‘ The
truth is, I intended from the first to give him the printing-house ;
but, as he was young and inexperienced in the world, 1 thought
It best not to do it immediately, but to keep him a little depen-

244 Benjamin Franklin's Familiar Letters.

dent for a time, to check the flighty unsteadiness of temper which,
on several occasions, he had discovered; and, what I received
from him I concluded to lay out in new letters (or types), that when
I should give it to him entirely, it might be worth his acceptance;
and, if I should die first, I put it in my will that the letters should
be all new cast for him.”

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