...repeated, instead, his uncle's divagation. Franklin, like this Uncle Thomas, would find a local patron — "an ingenious Tradesman* [*Mr Matthew Adams] who had a pretty Collection of Books, & ... took Notice of me, invited me to his Library, & very kindly lent me such Books as I chose to...

...the Book was borrow'd in the Evening & to be return'd early in the Morning lest it should be miss'd or wanted. — And after some time an ingenious Tradesman...Matthew Adams who had a pretty Collection of Books, & who frequented our Printing House, took Notice of me, invited me to his Library, & very kindly lent...

...when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted. And after some time an ingenious...very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces; my brother, thinking it might turn to account,...

...horrow'd in the Evening and to he return'd early in the Morning lest it should he miss'd or wamed. And after some time an ingenious Tradesman Mr. Matthew...Adams who had a pretty Collection of Books, and who frequemed our Priming House, took Notice of me, invited me to his Lihrary, and veri kindly lem me such...

...when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted. And after some time an ingenious...very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces; my brother, thinking it might turn to account,...

...when the book was borrow'd in the evening and to be return'd early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted. And after some time an ingenious...very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces; my brother, thinking it might turn to account,...