Printing-Press at which Franklin worked when a Boy in Boston[45]
From a photograph kindly furnished by the Mechanics’ Institute of Boston, in whose rooms the press is exhibited.
The Book of Common Prayer as abridged by Lord Despencer and Franklin[101]
The changes in the Venite on the left-hand page are by Franklin, and perhaps also those in the Te Deum. The changes in the rubrics are by Lord Despencer, and possibly he also made the changes in the Te Deum. The copy of the prayer-book from which this reproduction is made is in the collection of Mr. Howard Edwards, of Philadelphia.
John Foxcroft[105]
Reproduced by permission of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania from the painting in their possession. It has been supposed by some to be a portrait of Franklin; but it has not the slightest resemblance to his other portraits, and the letter held in the hand is addressed to John Foxcroft.
William Franklin, Royal Governor of New Jersey[108]
Born 1730, died 1813; son of Benjamin Franklin; was Governor of New Jersey from 1762 to 1776, when he became a Tory. The reproduction is from an etching by Albert Rosenthal of the portrait once temporarily in the Philadelphia Library and owned by Dr. T. Hewson Bache, of Philadelphia.
William Temple Franklin[113]