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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. 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
 a time, and then apprenticed himself to his brother James, a printer. While engaged in the printing business (and this did not merely consist of setting type and printing books, but in writing articles for his paper and also many political pamphlets that prepared the way for his future career), he was clerk of the General Assembly in 1736 (holding this office until 1751); postmaster in Philadelphia in 1737; and, after he gave up the post of clerk 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.  ENGAGED IN THE PRINTING BUSINESS AND THIS DID NOT MERELY CONSIST OF SETTING TYPE AND PRINTING BOOKS BUT IN WRITING ARTICLES FOR HIS PAPER AND ALSO MANY POLITICAL PAMPHLETS THAT PREPARED THE WAY FOR HIS FUTURE CAREER HE WAS CLERK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEVENTEEN THIRTY SIX HOLDING THIS OFFICE UNTIL SEVENTEEN FIFTY ONE POSTMASTER IN PHILADELPHIA IN SEVENTEEN THIRTY SEVEN AND AFTER HE GAVE UP THE POST OF CLERK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A MEMBER OF THAT BODY FOR THIRTEEN YEARS SEVENTEEN 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
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