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" Spirit has given them Ocular Demonstration of the Success. About eighteen months ago, I made a Purchase of about three hundred Acres of Land near Burlington, and resolved to improve it in the best and Speediest manner, that I might be Enabled to indulge... "
The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 359
1822
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1838 - 632 pages
...* The date of this letter is uncertain ; but it was probably written as early as 1747. — EDITOR. where a gentleman of a more public spirit has given...that I can enjoy all the necessaries and many of the indulgences of life ; but I think that in duty to my children I ought so to manage, that the profits...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...the cash is to be laid out on a probability of a return, they are very averse to the running any risk at all, or even expending freely, where a gentleman...that I can enjoy all the necessaries and many of the indulgences of life ; but I think that in duty to my children I ought so to manage, that the profits...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 890 pages
...hundred acres of land near Burlington, and resolved to improve it in the best and speediest mannej, that I might be enabled to indulge myself in that...that I can enjoy all the necessaries and many of the indulgences of life ; but I think that in duty to my children I ought so to manage, that the profits...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 524 pages
...Averse to the running any risque at all, or even Expending freely, where a Gentleman of a more Publick Spirit has given them Ocular Demonstration of the...ought so to manage, that the profits of my Farm may Ballance the loss 1 The date of this letter is uncertain but it must have been written in 1749. The...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 508 pages
...improve it in the best and Speediest manner, that I might be Enabled to indulge myself in that land of life, which was most agreeable. My fortune, (thank...ought so to manage, that the profits of my Farm may Ballance the loss 1 The date of this letter is uncertain but it must have been written in 1749. The...
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The Development of Agriculture in New Jersey, 1640-1880 ...

Carl Raymond Woodward - 1927 - 332 pages
...Husbandry, and think the public may be much benefited by them ; but, if the Farmers in your neighborhood are as unwilling to leave the beaten road of their...ought so to manage, that the profits of my Farm may Ballance the loss my Income will Suffer by my retreat to it. In order to this, (sic) I began with a...
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Franklin's Economic Views

Lewis James Carey - 1928 - 266 pages
...hobbies, farming and the study of electricity. Sometime in 1749 h e wrote as follows to Jared Eliot, 1 "About eighteen months ago, I made a Purchase of about...such that I can enjoy all the necessaries and many Indulgencies of Life; but I think that in Duty to my children I ought so to manage, that the profits...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 496 pages
...ocular demonstration of the success. About eighteen months ago, I made a purchase of VoL. II.— IJ. about three hundred acres of land near Burlington,...that I can enjoy all the necessaries and many of the indulgences of life ; but I think that in duty to my children I ought so to manage, that the profits...
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