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Creation of machine that used force to press ink into paper.
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Ben's brother James started The New England Courant as Boston's first newspaper. Ben wrote fake letters for the paper under a false name to be allowed to write.
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Samuel Keimer created the first paper, called The Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences: and Pennsylvania Gazette
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Franklin and Joseph Breintnall wrote many essays attacking Samuel Keimer, eventually driving him out of the business
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Franklin and Meredith buy the paper and rename it with a shorter name
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Franklin created the first subscription library
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Franklin published Poor Richard's Almanack under the name Richard Saunders. Franklin's almanac was different because of his witty sayings and writing style. Quotes such as "A penny saved is a penny earned" were coined in this paper.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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Franklin's printing business was doing well in the 1730s and 1740s and he began setting up other businesses in different cities.
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Ben began focusing on science, experiments, electricity and inventions. he had created bifocals, swim fins, the glass armonica, and the heat-efficient stove. He began studying electricity and brought about his fame.
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Those with insurance policies were not wiped out financially
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Join or Die, drawn by Ben Franklin was the first political cartoon to be published in a newspaper. The segmented snake represented the need for unity among original colonies.
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After becoming president of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania and signing the constitution, Ben wrote the anti-slavery treatise in 1789, one of his last public acts.
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Died at 84 years old and 20,000 people attended his funeral.
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The Pennsylvania Gazette ceased publication 10 years after Ben Franklin died
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