Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. During his apprenticeship at james franklins printing shop, benjamin franklin took up a pseudonym by the name of silence dogood. She was free with her advice, particularly on the way women should be treated. It may not be improper in the first place to inform your readers, that i intend once. This identity was used as a means to get published in his brothers paper, the new england courant, as sixteenyearold franklin knew that his older brother would never publish his works. In all, fourteen essays by silence dogood appeared in the courant. The submission benjamin franklin wrote and slipped under the door to the newspaper was a letter supposedly written by a ministers widow named silence dogood.
In 1722 at the age of 16, ben franklin was working as an apprentice to his older brother, james, a boston printer. It is acknowledgd by all to be a vice the most hateful to god and man. Librivox recording of the silence dogood letters by benjamin franklin. To the author of the newengland courant sir, it may not be improper in the first place to inform your readers, that i intend once a fortnight to present them, by the help of this paper, with a short epistle, which i presume will add somewhat to their entertainment. Every few weeks, another letter from silence dogood appeared. Get a free copy of the letters of silence dogood by benjamin franklin. The birth of silence dogood massachusetts historical society. Boxer can observe that within four short years there was a community of more than 200,000 converts increasing daily, and hide yoshi defying his own prohibition by strolling through x i see c. The letters of silence dogood by benjamin franklin. As a teenager, benjamin franklin apprenticed with his brother james at the shop where the newengland courant was printed. On this day in 1722, the boston paper the courant first published a letter from a widow with a. The submission benjamin franklin wrote and slipped under the door to the newspaper was a letter supposedly written by a ministers widow named silence. Sir, among the many reigning vices of the town which may at any time come under my consideration and reprehension, there is none which i am more inclind to expose than that of pride.
Sir, it may not be improper in the first place to inform your readers, that i intend once a. Read online the letters of silence dogood the federalist papers book pdf free download link book now. Download the letters of silence dogood the federalist papers book pdf free download link or read online here in pdf. Read online the silence dogood letters ii shareert5ty.
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