The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Бенджамин Франклин

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      FRANKLIN ARMS

      FRANKLIN ARMS

      FRANKLIN SEAL

      FRANKLIN SEAL

       FRONTISPIECE

      "He was therefore, feasted and invited to all the court parties. At these he sometimes met the old Duchess of Bourbon, who, being a chess player of about his force, they very generally played together. Happening once to put her king into prize, the Doctor took it. 'Ah,' says she, 'we do not take kings so.' 'We do in America,' said the Doctor."—Thomas Jefferson

      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

Page
Introduction vii
The Autobiography 1
I. Ancestry and Early Life in Boston 3
II. Beginning Life as a Printer 21
III. Arrival in Philadelphia 41
IV. First Visit to Boston 55
V. Early Friends in Philadelphia 69
VI. First Visit to London 77
VII. Beginning Business in Philadelphia 99
VIII. Business Success and First Public Service 126
IX. Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection 146
X. Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities 169
XI. Interest in Public Affairs 188
XII. Defense of the Province 201
XIII. Public Services and Duties 217
XIV. Albany Plan of Union 241
XV. Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors 246
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
Electrical Kite 327
The Way to Wealth 331
The Whistle 336
A Letter to Samuel Mather 340
Bibliography 343

      ILLUSTRATIONS

Franklin at the Court of Louis XVI Frontispiece

      "He was therefore, feasted and invited to

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