COPYRIGHT, 1916,

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.

CONTENTS

E302
F8A3
1916

INTRODUCTION

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I. Ancestry and Early Life in Boston

II. Beginning Life as a Printer

III. Arrival in Philadelphia

IV. First Visit to Boston

V. Early Friends in Philadelphia

VI. First Visit to London

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VII. Beginning Business in Philadelphia

VIII. Business Success and First Public Service -

IX. Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection

X. Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities

XI. Interest in Public Affairs

XII. Defense of the Province

XIII. Public Services and Duties

XIV. Albany Plan of Union -

XV. Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors

XVI. Braddock's Expedition

XVII. Franklin's Defense of the Frontier

XVIII. Scientific Experiments

XIX. Agent of Pennsylvania in London -

APPENDIX

Electrical Kite

The Way to Wealth

The Whistle

A Letter to Samuel Mather

BIBLIOGRAPHY