Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - (Illustrated)

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Fried Fish, 2014 M09 25 - 200 páginas

Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion.

 

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CONTENTS Introduction
The Autobiography I Ancestry and Early Life in Boston
Beginning Life as a Printer
Arrival in Philadelphia
First Visit to Boston
Early Friends in Philadelphia
First Visit to London
Beginning Business in Philadelphia
Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection
Poor Richards Almanac and Other Activities
Interest in Public Affairs
Defense ofthe Province XIII Public Services and Duties
Albany Plan of Union
Quarrelswith the Proprietary Governors
Braddocks Expedition XVII Franklins Defenseof the Frontier
Scientific Experiments

Business Success and First Public Service
Agent of Pennsylvania in London

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