[Footnote i-166: There were eight towns in the colonies which had presses when Franklin went into business for himself: Cambridge, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Annapolis, New London (Conn.), Woodbridge (N. J.), and Williamsburg. See Isaiah Thomas, _The History of Printing in America_ (Worcester, 1810), II, _passim_.] [Footnote i-167: "A printer of first-rate eminence," according to Charles Henry Timperley's _A Dictionary of Printers and Printing_ (London, 1839), 714 note.] [Footnote i-168: R. A. Austen Leigh, "William Strahan and His Ledgers," in _Transactions of the Bibliographical Society_, N. S. III, 286. For Strahan see also Spottiswoode & Co.'s _The Story of a Printing House, Being a Short Account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes_ (London, 1911); and Timperley, _op. cit._, 754-6.] [Footnote i-169: See G. S. Eddy, "Correspondence Between Dr. Benjamin Franklin and John Walter, Regarding the Logographic Process of Printing," _Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society_, N. S. XXXVIII, 349-69 (Oct., 1928).] [Footnote i-170: _Writings_, II, 175.] [Footnote i-171: See W. P. and J. P. Cutler, _Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler_, I, 269, letter of July 13, 1787; also G. S. Eddy, _op. cit._] [Footnote i-172: See Thomas, _loc. cit._] [Footnote i-173: A notable exception was the type of "letter to the editor" which Franklin used as a means of suggesting reforms, such as those affecting the city watch, the fire companies, and the cleaning and lighting of the streets. See J. B. McMaster, _Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters_, 82-5.] [Footnote i-174: A correspondent of Franklin's paper commended Zenger's stand (see _Pennsylvania Gazette_, May 11-18, 1738; reprinted in W. G. Bleyer, _Main Currents in the History of American Journalism_, 66-7), but Franklin shrewdly kept his own paper free of factional politics. See Livingston Rutherford, _John Peter Zenger_ (New York, 1904).] [Footnote i-175: See Clarence S. Brigham, "American Newspapers to 1820," _Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society_, N. S. XXXII, 157-9 (April, 1922), for detailed bibliography of the _Gazette_.] [Footnote i-176: A. H. Smyth, _Philadelphia Magazines and Their Contributors_, 200.] [Footnote i-177: _Writings_, I, 360.] [Footnote i-178: For a list of the printers with whom Franklin had such connections, see M. R. King, "One Link in the First Newspaper Chain, the _South Carolina Gazette," Journalism Quarterly_, IX, 257 (Sept., 1932).] [Footnote i-179: For sketches of both magazines, see L. N. Richardson, _A History of Early American Magazines_, 17-35, and F. L. Mott, _A History of American Magazines_, 1741-1850, 71-7. See also Philip Biddison, "The Magazine Franklin Failed to Remember," _American Literature_, IV, 177 (June, 1932); the writer thinks certain accusations in the Bradford-Franklin controversy over the magazines discreditable to Franklin, so that the latter's lapse of memory saved him "embarrassment."]