Chapter One: Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America His arrival in Philadelphia is one of the most famous scenes in autobiographical literature: the bedraggled 17-year-old runaway, cheeky yet with a pretense of humility, straggling off the boat and buying three puffy rolls as he wanders...
CHAPTER ONE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE INVENTION OF AMERICA His arrival in Philadelphia is one of the most famous scenes in autobiographical literature: the bedraggled 17-year-old runaway, cheeky yet with a pretense of humility, straggling off the boat and buying three puffy rolls as he wanders ...
ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA MY inclinations for the sea were by this time worne out, or I might now have gratify'd them. But, having a trade, and supposing myself a pretty good workman, I offer'd my service to the printer in the place, old Mr. William Bradford, who had been the first...
When he died in April 1790, Franklin willed 2,000 pounds sterling to his birthplace of Boston and his adopted home of Philadelphia. The largesse came with an unusual caveat: for its first 100 years, the money was to be placed in a trust and only used to provide loans to local tradesmen...
Franklin spent a large proportion of his life in London. He first came to the city in 1724, when he was only eighteen. By the time Franklin returned to England in 1757 he had become Philadelphia's best-known ...
but before his return home 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 in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was despatched to France as commissio...
In the summer of 1776, Benjamin Franklin had signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. A few months later, on a cold day in December 1776, a small boat landed his 70-year-old frame upon the shores of France. Franklin’s mission was, in essence, to convince the a...
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FRANKLIN, Benjamin, statesman and philosopher, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 17 January 1706;(1. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 April 1790. (See representation of birthplace on page 531.) His family had lived for at least three centuries in the 15arish of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, ...
A Summary of “To His Son”: Franklin says that he is taking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past for his son. He states his motives for writing his autobiography. He thanks God for allowing him to live a good life. “The Arrival in Philadelphia” Ben ...