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Philadelphia club started by Benjamin Franklin

This article is about Philadelphia club, c. 1730. For other uses, see Junto (disambiguation).

The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.

The Leather Apron Club's purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs.

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History

Franklin organized a group of friends to provide a structured form of mutual improvement. The group, initially composed of 12 members, called itself the Junto (from the Spanish word junta, or assembly).

The members of the Junto were drawn from diverse occupations and backgrounds, but they all shared a spirit of inquiry and a desire to improve themselves, their community, and to help others.^{[citation needed]} Among the original members were printers, surveyors, a cabinetmaker, a clerk, and a bartender.

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