A U T O B I O G R a P H Y of
B E N J a M I N F R a N K L I N
OF
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
by
E. BOYD SMITH,
EDITED
by
FRANK WOODWORTH PINE
Printers Mark
New York
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1916
Copyright,
1916,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
June, 1922
THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.
CONTENTS
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| Introduction | vii |
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| The Autobiography | 1 |
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| I. |
Ancestry and Early Life in Boston |
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| II. |
Beginning Life as a Printer |
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| III. |
Arrival in Philadelphia |
41 |
| IV. |
First Visit to Boston |
55 |
| V. |
Early Friends in Philadelphia |
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| VI. |
First Visit to London |
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| VII. |
Beginning Business in Philadelphia |
99 |
| VIII. |
Business Success and First Public Service |
126 |
| IX. |
Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection |
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| X. |
Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities |
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| XI. |
Interest in Public Affairs |
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| XII. |
Defense of the Province |
201 |
| XIII. |
Public Services and Duties |
217 |
| XIV. |
Albany Plan of Union |
241 |
| XV. |
Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors |
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| XVI. |
Braddock's Expedition |
253 |
| XVII. |
Franklin's Defense of the Frontier |
274 |
| XVIII. |
Scientific Experiments |
289 |
| XIX. |
Agent of Pennsylvania in London |
296 |
| Appendix |
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Electrical Kite |
327 |
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The Way to Wealth |
331 |
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The Whistle |
336 |
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A Letter to Samuel Mather |
340 |
| Bibliography | 343 |
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