...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ...NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on Janu ary 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow c... ..., and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the “New England Courant.” To this journal he became a contribu... ...former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contributed many essa... ...in 1775 he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to Massachusetts the famous letter of Hutchinson and Oliver. On his arrival ... ... man. I remember him well, for when I was a boy he came over to my father in Boston, and lived in the house with us some years. He lived to a great ag... ...written some pieces in prose and verse, which were printed in the Gloucester newspapers; thence he was sent to Oxford; where he continued about a year... ...ter impression. The piece, being universally approved, was copied in all the newspapers of the Continent; reprinted in Britain on a broad side, to be ...

...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...