Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · English
Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography in 1771 as a letter to his son and returned to it at intervals until shortly before his death in 1790, leaving it unfinished.
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Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography in 1771 as a letter to his son and returned to it at intervals until shortly before his death in 1790, leaving it unfinished. He tells of his boyhood in Boston, his apprenticeship as a printer, his arrival in Philadelphia, his business success, his plan for attaining moral perfection, Poor Richard's Almanac, and his civic projects and public service up to his mission to London as agent for Pennsylvania. This 1916 Henry Holt edition, edited by Frank Woodworth Pine with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, divides the text into nineteen chapters and adds an appendix including The Way to Wealth and The Whistle.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · English
Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography in 1771 as a letter to his son and returned to it at intervals until shortly before his death in 1790, leaving it unfinished.
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Pagera Editor's Note
Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography in 1771 as a letter to his son and returned to it at intervals until shortly before his death in 1790, leaving it unfinished. He tells of his boyhood in Boston, his apprenticeship as a printer, his arrival in Philadelphia, his business success, his plan for attaining moral perfection, Poor Richard's Almanac, and his civic projects and public service up to his mission to London as agent for Pennsylvania. This 1916 Henry Holt edition, edited by Frank Woodworth Pine with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, divides the text into nineteen chapters and adds an appendix including The Way to Wealth and The Whistle.
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