Book of Ages (69 page)

as book of remembrances

deaths in,
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described,
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“Family Book” contrasted with,
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as genealogy,
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given to Josiah Flagg,
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handwriting of,
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as JFM’s remains

origin of phrase,
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unwritten story in

Book of Devotions (B. Franklin)

Book of Virtues (B. Franklin),
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books,
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printing of,
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sent to Jonathan Williams Jr.,
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Boston, Mass.,
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almshouse in,
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BF’s returns to,
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bookshops in,
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Brattle Street Church in,
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British evacuation of,
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British siege of,
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British soldiers in,
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Christ Church in (Old North Church),
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Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in,
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Deborah Read Franklin’s visit to,
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debtors’ prison in,
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epidemics in,
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evacuation of

female heads of household in,
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Franklin monument in (1856),
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Franklin obelisk in (1827),
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Granary Burying Ground in,
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Green Dragon tavern in,
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Hanover Street house in,
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hellfire tradition in,
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JFM’s, map of

JFM’s returns to,
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magazines in

New North Church in

North End house in (Douse house; JFM’s house),
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Old South Meeting House in,
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Orange Tree Inn in,
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port of,
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printing and publishing in,
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schools in,
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Second Church in,
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Sparks in,
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Town House in,
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Boston Evening-Post
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Boston Gazette
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
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Boston News-Letter
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Boston Port Act (1774)

Boston Tea Party,
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Boswell, James

Bowdoin, James,
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boycotts,
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Boy with a Squirrel
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Bradford, Andrew,
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Bradford, William

Bradstreet, Anne,
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breast cancer,
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breastfeeding,
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Bridge, Ebenezer,
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Bridgman, Thomas,
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Brief History of the Warr with the Indians, A
(Mather)

Britt, Elizabeth Mecom,
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Brown, Charles Brockden,
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Brownell, George,
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Bunker Hill, Battle of,
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Bunker Hill Monument

Bunker Hill Monument Association,
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Bunyan, John

Burlington, N.J.,
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Byles, Mather,
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calendar, changes in,
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calligraphy,
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Cambridge, Mass.,
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JFM’s flight to

JFM’s visits to,
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Cambridge University

candles,
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Canterbury Tales, The
(Chaucer)

Carlyle, Thomas,
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Carr, Mary Mecom,
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Catholic Church, Catholics,
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Cato’s Letters
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chandlers,
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Charles River,
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Charles River Bridge,
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Charlestown, Mass.,
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Charlotte
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Chesterfield, Earl of

“Chiding, The” (B. Franklin the Elder),
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childbirth,
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child mortality,
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children,
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illegitimate,
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as “little rogues,”
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spiritual milk for,
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“Chronicle” (Edward)

Church of England,
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City Madam, and the Country Maid, The
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Clarissa
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clothing,
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Cobham, Lord

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Coffin, John,
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Coffin, Keziah (daughter),
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Fanning, Keziah Coffin

Coffin, Keziah Folger (mother),
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American Revolution and,
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Collas, Jane Mecom “Jenny,”
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birth of,
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death of

JFM’s views on,
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marriage of,
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Collas, Peter,
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Collection of Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Franklin
(
Familiar Letters
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