13. The Emergence of Benjamin Franklin

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 2 — "Salutary Neglect": The American Colonies in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century

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10/25/2008 Murray N. Rothbard

Pages 64-72 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume II: “Developments in the Separate Colonies.”

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