James Franklin (February 4, 1697 in Boston – February 4, 1735 in Newport, Rhode Island) was an early American printer, publisher and author of newspapers and almanacs in the American colonies. Franklin published the New England Courant, one of the oldest and the first truly independent American newspapers, and the short lived Rhode Island ...

In Benjamin Franklin: Early life …was apprenticed to his brother James, a printer. His mastery of the printer’s trade, of which he was proud to the end of his life, was achieved between 1718 and 1723. In the same period he read tirelessly and taught himself to write effectively. Read More; printing of almanac. In almanac

2020年1月12日 · James Franklin had the second printing press in the British Colonies and used it to train his younger brother, Benjamin, for one of the most important careers in American history.

2011年10月14日 · About 1717, James Franklin of Boston, Benjamin Franklin’s older brother, began printing on a press he imported from London. By 1727 he had moved to Newport and established a printing and publishing business that would endure for centuries.

James Franklin, Ben's Brother, Printer, Satirist 1697-1738 Ben Franklin’s father, Josiah, exercised his parental authority and sent him to work in his brother's printing company. The New England Courant was the Colonies first independent newspaper that also published almanacs.

James Franklin was an American colonial author, printer, newspaper and almanac publisher. He is distinguished for being the founder of the New England Courant, which became the first truly independent American newspaper.

James Franklin (February 4, 1697 in Boston – February 4, 1735 in Newport, Rhode Island) was an early American printer, publisher and author of newspapers and almanacs in the American colonies. Franklin published the New England Courant, one of the oldest and the first truly independent American newspapers, and the short lived Rhode Island ...

2002年1月1日 · Printed in The New-England Courant, February 11, 1723. Arrest and imprisonment had not intimidated James Franklin.

2023年9月14日 · James Franklin was born at Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 4, 1696 to Josiah Franklin and Anne Child. He was sent by his parents to England to learn the printer's trade. In 1717, he was able to bring a printing press and typesets from England to Boston.

James Franklin (February 4, 1697 in Boston – February 4, 1735 in Newport, Rhode Island) was an American colonial author, printer, newspaper publisher, and almanac publisher. James published the New England Courant, one of the oldest …