A nice report on the Mileposts near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is online at http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/765522.txt. Here is an excerpt: I was reminded of all this today when we went on a hunt in Woodbury and Bethlehem for Benjamin Franklin milestones. My wife is working on a research project regarding these mile markers, which were first set up …
One of the most quoted Franklin saying, as in this Letter to the Editor: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned. In Poor Richard, 1937, I find this: A Penny sav’d is Twopence clear, A Pin a day is a Groat a Year. followed by Save and have. Every little makes a mickle. In this …
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin: https://franklinpapers.yale.edu/ — Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University: Digital Edition by the Packard Humanities Institute. Clearly the best and most authoritative source on Benjamin Franklin’s writings anywhere. Select Digital Edition to be taken to the Packard Humanities Institute digital text archive and/or the PHI homepage. As of …
Here is a questionable quote: Benjamin Franklin said it well: “A person wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.” Years later, Harry Emerson Fosdick amended the statement to read: “A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.” OA Now: the Opelika-Auburn News. Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:29 am Walter Albritton …
SALISBURY, MD — Audiences have a rare opportunity to see one of the most unique American musical instruments played in concert as the Peter and Judy Jackson Chamber Music Series presents glass armonica musician William Zeitler. Performances are 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, November 13-14, in the Great Hall of Salisbury University’s Holloway Hall. Benjamin Franklin invented …
This morning I received an email that a comment needed approval. It was Spam, some automated thing. The setting that new comments require approval worked — I received an email, and did not have to discover it personally. Long term, more than one person could be registered to approve or disprove comments. This will allow …
