...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ...N AND NOTES EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, L.L.D., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Stre... ...D NOTES EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, L.L.D., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, ... ... he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the “New England Courant.” To this journal he became a contributor, and later ... ...ditor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadel phia, where he arrived in October, 1723. He... ...ed the registers at Ecton, I found an account of their births, marriages and burials from the year 1555 only, there being no registers kept in that pa... ...s no wind, we row’d all the way; and about midnight, not having yet seen the city, some of the company were confident we must have passed it, and woul... ... this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings The Auto...

...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...