The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Бенджамин Франклин. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

FRANKLIN ARMS

FRANKLIN SEAL

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. CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The Story of the Autobiography

AUTOBIOGRAPHY. OF. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. I. ANCESTRY AND EARLY YOUTH 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

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

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FRANKLIN ARMS

FRANKLIN SEAL

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[14] System of short-hand.

[15] This marble having decayed, the citizens of Boston in 1827 erected in its place a granite obelisk, twenty-one feet high, bearing the original inscription quoted in the text and another explaining the erection of the monument.

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