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William Makepeace Thayer. From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
Table of Contents
PREFACE
I. FROM OLD ENGLAND TO NEW ENGLAND
II. THE FIFTEENTH GIFT
III. PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE
IV. IN SCHOOL
V. OUT OF SCHOOL
VI. FROM SCHOOL TO CANDLE-SHOP
VII. CHOOSING A TRADE AND STEALING SPORT
VIII. BECOMING PRINTER-BOY
IX. TABLE-TALK EDUCATION
X. LEADER OF SPORTS AND THOUGHTS
XI. STARTING A NEWSPAPER
XII. THE RUSE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XIII. BOOKS OF HIS BOYHOOD
XIV. LEARNING THE ART OF COMPOSITION
XV. THE "COURANT" IN TROUBLE
XVI. THE BOY EDITOR
XVII. THE YOUNG SKEPTIC
XVIII. HOW HE QUIT BOSTON
XIX. TRIALS OF A RUNAWAY
XX. THE WALKING COMEDY
XXI. GETTING ON
XXII. GOING UP HIGHER
XXIII. THE SURPRISE, AND ITS RESULTS
XXIV. HIS RETURN, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XXV. WORKING, READING, AND COURTING
XXVI. A BOGUS SCHEME
XXVII. "OUR WATER DRINKER."
XXVIII. AT HOME AGAIN
XXIX. UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE
XXX. THE LEATHERN APRON CLUB
XXXI. BRIGHTER DAYS
XXXII. NO LONGER A SKEPTIC
XXXIII. POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC
XXXIV. MORE HONORS AND MORE WORK
XXXV. PHILOSOPHER AND STATESMAN
BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD
I. FROM OLD ENGLAND TO NEW ENGLAND
II
THE FIFTEENTH GIFT
III
PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE
IV
IN SCHOOL
JOSIAH FRANKLIN AND ABIAH, HIS WIFE, LIE HERE INTERRED. THEY LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER, IN WEDLOCK, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS, AND WITHOUT AN ESTATE, OR ANY GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, BY CONSTANT LABOR AND HONEST INDUSTRY (WITH GOD'S BLESSING), MAINTAINED A LARGE FAMILY COMFORTABLY; AND BROUGHT UP THIRTEEN CHILDREN AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN REPUTABLY. FROM THIS INSTANCE, READER, BE ENCOURAGED TO DILIGENCE IN THY CALLING, AND DISTRUST NOT PROVIDENCE. HE WAS A PIOUS AND PRUDENT MAN, SHE A DISCREET AND VIRTUOUS WOMAN. THEIR YOUNGEST SON, IN FILIAL REGARD TO THEIR MEMORY, PLACES THIS STONE. J.F., BORN 1655, DIED 1744, AET. 89. A.F., BORN 1667, DIED 1752, AET. 85."
V
OUT OF SCHOOL
VI
FROM SCHOOL TO CANDLE-SHOP
VII
CHOOSING A TRADE AND STEALING SPORT
VIII
BECOMING PRINTER-BOY
IX
TABLE-TALK EDUCATION
X
LEADER OF SPORTS AND THOUGHT
XI
STARTING A NEWSPAPER
XII
THE RUSE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XIII
BOOKS OF HIS BOYHOOD
"B. FRANKLIN."
XIV
LEARNING THE ART OF COMPOSITION
XV
THE "COURANT" IN TROUBLE
XVI
THE BOY EDITOR
XVII
THE YOUNG SKEPTIC
"B. FRANKLIN."
"B. FRANKLIN
XVIII
HOW HE QUIT BOSTON
XIX
TRIALS OF A RUNAWAY
XX
THE WALKING COMEDY
XXI
GETTING ON
"ROBERT HOMES."
"CAPTAIN ROBERT HOMES:
"BENJAMIN."
XXII
GOING UP HIGHER
"B. FRANKLIN."
XXIII
THE SURPRISE, AND ITS RESULTS
XXIV
HIS RETURN, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XXV
WORKING, READING, AND COURTING
XXVI
A BOGUS SCHEME
XXVII
"OUR WATER-DRINKER."
XXVIII
AT HOME AGAIN
XXIX
UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE
XXX
THE LEATHERN-APRON CLUB
XXXI
BRIGHTER DAYS
"MR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN:
"SAMUEL KEIMER."
XXXII
NO LONGER A SKEPTIC
"12. CHASTITY. …
XXXIII
POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC
"FRANCIS F., SON OF BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH FRANKLIN, DECEASED NOV. 21, 1736, AGED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH, AND 1 DAY. THE DELIGHT OF ALL THAT KNEW HIM."
XXXIV
MORE HONORS AND MORE WORK
XXXV
PHILOSOPHER AND STATESMAN
A LEGISLATOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AT TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE, CONTINUED FOR TWENTY YEARS. FOUNDER AND LEADING TRUSTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. COLONEL OF MILITIA, WHICH HE ORIGINATED. LEADER OF COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR YEARS, IN TIME OF WAR. POSTMASTER-GENERAL. AGENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY, AND GEORGIA TO THE KING OF ENGLAND. MINISTER TO THE COURT OF ENGLAND IN 1764. ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1775, AND A MEMBER OF IT. MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO FRANCE IN 1776. AUTHOR OF FIRST TREATY FOR AMERICA IN 1778. MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO FRANCE IN 1778. ONE OF FIVE TO DRAFT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A LEADER IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. ONE OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. LIKE WASHINGTON, "FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN."
"B. FRANKLIN."
