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Franklin's Autobiography

Note 81 — § 4. IN PHILADELPHIA AND IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF.

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This method of expression was adopted on the reformation of the calendar in England in 1752. It shows in this case that the February was of the year 1726 according to the old style, and 1727 according to the new calendar. The year 1751 began on the 25th of March, the former New-Year's Day, and ended, by act of Parliament, at the 1st of January, 1752.

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