Frost Currency collection Frost Currency collection 1751-1929

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Southwick & Barber

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Carter, John, 1745-1814

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John Carter (1745-1814) served as an apprentice to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and David Hall (1714-1772) in Philadelphia, Pa., until 1768, when he moved to Providence, R.I. He became associated with Sarah Updike Goddard ( -1770) in the publication of the Providence Gazette. In 1769 he became sole editor of the influential newspaper and remained in that position until his retirement in 1814. Carter also served as postmaster of Providence from 1772-1792. From the description of Acco...

Franklin, James, 1697-1735

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Frost, Cynthia

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Hall & Sellers

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Hall and Sellers was a Philadelphia printing company. David Hall (1714-1772, APS, 1772). Printer and business partner of Benjamin Franklin. Scottish journeyman printer invited by Benjamin Franklin in 1743 to Philadelphia to join his printing firm. Subsequently, he entered into partnership with Franklin in 1748. Hall ran Franklin’s newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette so successfully, that in 1766, he bought out Franklin and formed the new printing firm of Hall and Sellers. ...

Franklin, Ann, 1695?-1763

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B. Franklin and D. Hall (Firm)

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Franklin, James, 1732?-1762

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James Franklin was a nephew of Benjamin Franklin and a printer in Newport, Rhode Island. From the description of Accounts, 1750-1763. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523585 From the guide to the James Franklin accounts, 1750-1763, 1750-1763, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Frost, Michael Freezy, 1932-2012

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The bank notes and documents in this collection were collected by Michael Freezy Frost. He was born in 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and died on February 08, 2012 in McAllen, Texas. He attended Tulsa University and Rice University. In 1953, he married Sandra Decker, and in 1961 he moved his family to McAllen and began to work in the produce industry, first as a farmer and then as a shipper. From the guide to the Frost Currency collection, 1751-1929, (John Hay Library Special C...