 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1843 - 550 sider
...very exalted expectations were entertained by him of the abilities or usefulness of the stranger. " London, 30 September, 1774. "DEAR SON, " The bearer,...way of obtaining employment as a clerk or assistant surveyor, (of all which I think him very capable,) so that he may procure a subsistence, at least,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 592 sider
...Thomas Paine. London, X September, 1774 DEAR Sow, The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is Tcry well recomnended to me, as an ingenious, worthy young man. He goes to Pennsylvania with a view of .setding there. I request you to give him your best advice and countenance, as he b quite a stranger... | |
 | 1861 - 80 sider
...in a letter he gave the English Exciseman recommending him to his son-in-law, Eichard Bache (1774) " The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is very well recommended...you to give him your best advice and countenance." About 13 years after, Dr. Franklin gave him letters of introduction to sevCral of the most prominent... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 sider
...to his son-in-law, Mr. Bache. The letter shows the modesty of Paine's pretensions at this time : " The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is very well recommended...there. I request you to give him your best advice and coun* Ago at BflMon, Put 1. tenance, as he is quite a stranger there. If you can put him in a way of... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 sider
...settling there. I request you to give him your best advice and coun* Ago of Bea»on, Put i. tenance, as he is quite a stranger there. If you can put him...obtaining employment as a clerk, or assistant tutor in -j. school, or assistant surveyor, (of all which I think him very capable,) so that he may procure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 sider
...nor accept of any, if it were offered me, which, however, is not at all likely to happen. To Richard The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is very well ' \ '•'•'" recommended to me, as an ingenious, worthy 1-onaon, 30 • September, young man. He goes to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. I request... | |
 | 1888 - 554 sider
...with much sense. The letter of September 30, 1774, introduces to Richard Bache Mr. Thomas Paine, who is "very well recommended to me as an ingenious, worthy young man," who • ' goes to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there," and would like "employment as a clerk,... | |
 | John Eleazer Remsburg - 1917 - 250 sider
...his life. Dr. Franklin, writing from England while Paine was yet a resident of that country, says: "Mr. Thomas Paine is very well recommended to me as an ingenious worthy young man." That his previous life had been above serious reproach is shown by a letter to the Excise Office in... | |
 | Albert Ulmann - 1928 - 324 sider
...Franklin directed the following letter of introduction to his sonin-law, Richard Bache of Philadelphia: "The bearer Mr. Thomas Paine is very well recommended to me as an ingenius worthy young man. He goes to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. I request you to... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 sider
...introduction from Ben Franklin (now ten years in London) to Benny Bache's father, Richard Bache: 248 to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. I request...If you can put him in a way of obtaining employment . . . you will do well . . . My love to Sally and the boys.687 Tom Paine: The favor of Dr. Franklin's... | |
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The bearer, Mr. Thomas Paine, is very well recommended to me, as an ingenious, worthy young man. He goes to Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. I request you to give him your best advice and countenance, as he is quite a stranger there. 
