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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
A printer’s path to science and politics, told plainly.
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Contents
- Titlepage
- Imprint
- Introduction8 new words
- The Story of the Autobiography9 new words
- Epigraph4 new words
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- I: Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston6 new words
- II: Beginning Life as a Printer6 new words
- III: Arrival in Philadelphia9 new words
- IV: First Visit to Boston8 new words
- V: Early Friends in Philadelphia11 new words
- VI: First Visit to London6 new words
- VII: Beginning Business in Philadelphia8 new words
- VIII: Business Success and First Public Service6 new words
- IX: Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection7 new words
- X: Poor Richard’s Almanac and Other Activities6 new words
- XI: Interest in Public Affairs7 new words
- XII: Defense of the Province6 new words
- XIII: Public Services and Duties (1749–1753)6 new words
- XIV: Albany Plan of Union11 new words
- XV: Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors9 new words
- XVI: Braddock’s Expedition6 new words
- XVII: Franklin’s Defense of the Frontier7 new words
- XVIII: Scientific Experiments11 new words
- XIX: Agent of Pennsylvania in London6 new words
- Endnotes
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
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