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He brought with him many degrees and honors, and he thought that his public life was over. HE BROUGHT WITH HIM MANY DEGREES AND HONORS AND HE THOUGHT THAT HIS PUBLIC LIFE WAS OVER
k of the General Assembly, a member of that body for thirteen years (1751-1764). His activity in public affairs was enormous: he organized the first police and fire company in Philadelphia; established an academy which became the University of Pennsylvania; organized an important debating club--the Junto (1727); took the lead in improving the paving of the city; developed the lighting of the streets; organized a militia force; founded a city hospital, and in every way concerned himself with the bettering of conditions, both civic and political. He undertook to provide Braddock with horses and wagons for the march against Fort Duquesne, and, in 1756, he had charge of the Northwest frontier for a month, during which he erected blockhouses and watched the wily Indians. In 1757, he was sent to London as agent for the people to petition the Crown. He returned home in 1762, expecting to settle down and devote the remainder of his life to scientific investigation and the pleasures of the pen. EEN FIFTY ONE TO SEVENTEEN SIXTY FOUR HIS ACTIVITY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS WAS ENORMOUS HE ORGANIZED THE FIRST POLICE AND FIRE COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA ESTABLISHED AN ACADEMY WHICH BECAME THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZED AN IMPORTANT ABATING CLUB THE GENTEEL SEVENTEEN TWENTY SEVEN TOOK THE LEAD IN IMPROVING THE PAVING OF THE CITY DEVELOPED THE LIGHTING OF THE STREETS ORGANIZED A MILITIA FORCE FOUNDED A CITY HOSPITAL AND IN EVERY WAY CONCERNED HIMSELF WITH THE BETTERING OF CONDITIONS BOTH CIVIC AND POLITICAL HE UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE BRADDOCK WITH HORSES AND WAGONS FOR THE MARCH AGAINST FORT DUCANE AND IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY SIX HE HAD CHARGE OF THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER FOR A MONTH DURING WHICH HE ERECTED BLOCK HOUSES AND WATCHED THE WILY INDIANS IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY SEVEN HE WAS SENT TO LONDON AS AGENT FOR THE PEOPLE TO PETITION THE CROWN HE RETURNED HOME IN SEVENTEEN SIXTY TWO EXPECTING TO SETTLE DOWN AND DEVOTE THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE TO SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND THE PLEASURE OF THE PEN
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