A first book in American history with European beginnings . lin and Keimer were at workthey saw two finely dressed gentlemen coming to the thought of course that the distinguished visitorswere for him. He was very much surprised when one ofthem said that he was the Governor of Pennsylvania and wanted tosee BenjaminFranklin. The Governortold Benjaminthat there wasgreat need of agood printer inthe colonies, andthat if he wouldset up in businessfor himself heshould have allthe public print-ing of Penn-sylvania. This wasindeed an the Governor offered to send Franklin
A first book in American history with European beginnings . lin and Keimer were at workthey saw two finely dressed gentlemen coming to the thought of course that the distinguished visitorswere for him. He was very much surprised when one ofthem said that he was the Governor of Pennsylvania and wanted tosee BenjaminFranklin. The Governortold Benjaminthat there wasgreat need of agood printer inthe colonies, andthat if he wouldset up in businessfor himself heshould have allthe public print-ing of Penn-sylvania. This wasindeed an the Governor offered to send Franklin to London that hemight choose for himself those things necessary for hisstart as an independent printer. Of course Franklin wasdelighted, and when the yearly ship sailed from Phila-delphia to London he was one of its passengers. He wasto find letters of credit from the Governor waiting forhim on his ship, but for some unaccountable reason theGovernor failed to send them. This fact Franklin did notdiscover until the ship had almost reached England. And 176. From an old print. Franklins Arrival in Philadelphia. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN soon he was alone in London, the greatest city in theworld, without money or friends. However, Benjamin Franklin was not to be easilydiscouraged. He soon found employment in a printinghouse and went to work with a will. After a while he returned to Philadelphia, and wentto work for his old employer, Keimer. Through hisgood sense and thrifty habits, he was soon able to setup in business for himself. At this time there was only one newspaper in Penn-sylvania, and that wasa very poor one. In1729, when Franklinwas twenty-threeyears old, he con-cluded that he wouldprint a newspaper andmake it the best inAmerica. He set vigorouslyto work. In a littlewhile everyone wantedthe Pennsylvania Gazette, for that was the name of thepaper. It always had the best and latest news, although,as there were no railroads or telegraphs or telephones, thiswas not always very new.
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