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" and upon these we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long-primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often eleven at night, and sometimes later, before... "
Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley of Hartford ... - Page 76
by George Brinley - 1880
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The new cyclopædia of illustrative anecdote [by E.S.P.].

E S. P - 1880 - 594 pages
...forty sheets, on which he worked exceediugly hard, for the price was low. " I composed," says he, " a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press...often eleven at night, and sometimes later, before I hail finished my distribution for tho next day's work ; for the little jobs sent in by our other friends...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation

George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 648 pages
...that sect of religionists, then preparing at the expense of the body. ' Upon these,' says Franklin, 'we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was a folio. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. off at press. It was often eleven...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography. pt. 2. Continuation, by Jared ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro putrid size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked...I had finished my distribution for the next day's work. For the little jobs sent in by our other friends now and then put us back. But, so determined...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography. pt. 2. Continuation, by Jared ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 668 pages
...exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patrid size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked...later, before I had finished my distribution for the nextday's work. For the little jobs sent in by our other friends now and then put us back. But, so...
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The printer

Printer - 1884 - 172 pages
...he says, speaking of a work that he, with his partner Meredith, had obtained to print: " Upon this we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was, a folio. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press. It was often eleven at night, and sometimes...
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A Century of Printing: The Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania ..., Volume 1

Charles Riché Hildeburn - American literature - 1885 - 448 pages
...the Quakers, the printing 40 sheets of their history, the rest to be done by Keimer ; and upon this we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press." On this passage...
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THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

W & R CHAMBERS - 1887 - 238 pages
...I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith put it to press. It was frequently eleven o'clock at night, sometimes later, before I had finished my distribution for the next day's task; for the little things which our friends occasionally sent us kept us back with this work; but...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and a Sketch of Franklin's Life from ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...of forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes, I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often...
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... The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and a Sketch of Franklin's Life ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...of forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and a Sketch of Franklin's Life from ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 pages
...forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer ; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often...
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