Benjamin franklin autobiography pdf

Read the full text of Franklin's autobiography with illustrations and appendixes. Learn about his ancestry, early life, business, public service, scientific experiments, and more. The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kind of curiosity in collecting family anecdotes) once put into my hands, furnished me with several particulars relating to our ancestors. From these notes I learned that the family had lived in the same village, Ecton, in Northamptonshire, for three hundred years, and how much longer he knew not (perhaps from the time when the name of Franklin. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
From the first number published by Benjamin Franklin, October 2, , containing his address to the reader. From the original in the Lenox collection, New York Public Library.