Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 1.0


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BOOK CONTENTS

Introduction

The Autobiography

I. Ancestry and Early Life in Boston

II. Beginning Life as a Printer

III. Arrival in Philadelphia

IV. First Visit to Boston

V. Early Friends in Philadelphia

VI. First Visit to London

VII. Beginning Business in Philadelphia

VIII. Business Success and First Public Service

IX. Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection

X. Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities

XI. Interest in Public Affairs

XII. Defense of the Province

XIII. Public Services and Duties

XIV. Albany Plan of Union

XV. Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors

XVI. Braddock's Expedition

XVII. Franklin's Defense of the Frontier

XVIII. Scientific Experiments

XIX. Agent of Pennsylvania in London

Appendix

Electrical Kite

The Way to Wealth

The Whistle

A Letter to Samuel Mather

Bibliography

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he supported the idea of an American nation and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence possible.


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