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Benjamin Franklin, printer and postmaster.(priority: mail)
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The year 2006 marks the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. All printers who are also mailers share a special bond with Benjamin Franklin because he was both a printer and the first postmaster of the United States.
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The Early Years
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on Jan. 17, 1706. Josiah Franklin was a tallow chandler (candle and soap maker) by trade and apprenticed all of Benjamin's older brothers to various trades. In 1718, at the age of 12, Benjamin was apprenticed to his older brother James who had ...
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