Junto

Discussions (that I was part of or was able to overhear) included industrial ergonomics, supply chains and materials for the auto industry (there have been a number of current and former designers from the auto industry who have attended these events), and a like-minded local group called Junto that is modeled on an intellectual discussion group founded by Benjamin Franklin.

Green Drinks: SE Michigan 2007

He formed a club called the Junto, which became very prosperous, and gave strength to his local reputation.

True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Hezekiah Butterworth 1872

Still another enterprise which Franklin brought to the attention of the Junto was the founding of an Academy or University for the higher education of youth.

From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin 1859

I should have mentioned before, that, in the autumn of the preceding year, I had form'd most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which was called the Junto; [54] we met on Friday evenings.

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin 1748

Sir Henry Vane, and Sir Francis Windebank, &c. who made the committee of state reproachfyiy called The Junto, and met on all occasions, when the Secretaries received any extraordinary intd* ligence or were to make any extraordinary dispatch; whereas the body of the council observed set days for their meeting, and camt not else together, except specially summoned.

Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812

Sir Henry Vane, and Sir Francis Windebank, &c. who made the committee of state reproachfully called The Junto, and met on all occasions, when the Secretaries received any extraordinary intel - ligence, or were to make any extraordinary dispatch; whereas the body of the council observed set days for their meeting, and came not else together, except specially summoned.

Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812

[the Junto was a club for mutual improvement, founded by Franklin] procured fifty subscribers at forty shillings each to begin with, and ten shillings a year for fifty years, the term our company was to continue.

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

a coalition of Whigs and Tories, called the Junto, managed public affairs, more or less under Marlborough's direction.

With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne Herbert Strang

Franklin himself became interested in Masonry is not of record -- he was initiated in 1730-31 [138] -- but he was a leader, at that day, of everything that would advance his adopted city; and the "Junto," formed in 1725, often inaccurately called the Leathern-Apron Club, owed its origin to him.

The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry Joseph Fort Newton 1913

"Junto," club founded by Franklin, 34; becomes a political engine, 34, 35.

Benjamin Franklin 1888