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Autobiography and Selected Works Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Biography of Benjamin Franklin, excerpted from the 1829 book, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. "How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia" . A short biography of Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790). The events in the life of Benjamin Franklin. -------------------------------------- On Liberty and Necessity, (1725). A religious theme revealing his belief in God. Voyage to Philadelphia, 1726, on board the Berkshire.
| Poor Richard (1733) | Poor Richard (1734) | | Poor Richard (1735) | Poor Richard (1736) | | Poor Richard (1737) | Poor Richard (1738) | | Poor Richard (1739) | Poor Richard (1740) | | Poor Richard (1741) | Poor Richard (1742) | | Poor Richard (1743) | Poor Richard (1744) | | Poor Richard (1745) | Poor Richard (1746) | | Poor Richard (1747) | Poor Richard (1748) | -------------------------------------- Franklin's advice and opinion to a friend about extramarital affairs, (1745). "Observations and Suppositions Towards Forming a New Hypothesis for Explaining the Several Phenomena of Thunder Gusts." (1749). This thinking led to Franklin's kite experiment and the results of the experiment brought him international fame. Observations (1751), on the increased population of mankind. Albany Plan for a Union, (1754). Franklin's attempt to unite the colonies. In defense of a plan for colonial union, (1754). Franklin argues for the rejected Albany Plan. Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, (1766), in the British Parliament--House of Commons. The Paris Peace Treaty, (1783). Franklin, Adams, Hartley, and Jay sign treaty officially ending the Revolutionary War. Franklin's opinion to Thomas Paine regarding Paine's Age of Reason. Franklin advises Paine to burn the manuscript because it undermines religious ideals. Franklin offers a Prayer at the Constitutional Convention. Franklin's Tentative Approval of the Constitution. Franklin letter to Ezra Stiles revealing his religious opinions. Images: 1/2 cent stamp | 1 cent stamp | 7 cent stamp | 29 cent stamp | Rotten Sign |
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