Benjamin Franklin and Anthony Armbruster

Henry Scougal, Das Leben Gottes in der Seele des Menschen oder die Natur und Vortreflichkeit der Christlichen Religion. Philadelphia: Gedruckt und zu haben bey Benjamin Fräncklin, Post-Meister und Ant. Armbrüster, 1756.

Franklin worked in partnership with Armbruster (d. 1796), the printer of a German-language newspaper in Philadelphia starting in 1754 or 1755 and ending in 1758. Armbruster, born in Germany, arrived in America c. 1743 following his brother, Gotthart, a printer who originally employed Anthony. By 1753, Anthony was running the business.

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