The beginner's American history . d not fight battles like Washing-ton, but he did something just as useful. Franklins Cane and First, he helped writc the Declaration Washingtons Revo- r t i -i i i • i i i i LUTioNARY SwoRD. ©t Indcpendencc, by which we declared(Preserved in the Patent oursclvcs frcc from thc rulc of thc king Office, Washinsiton.) r x^ i i . i . i x^ of England; next, he went to France toget aid for us. We were then too poor to pay our soldiers ;he got the king of France to let us have money to give them. Franklin lived to see the Revo-lution ended and America he die
The beginner's American history . d not fight battles like Washing-ton, but he did something just as useful. Franklins Cane and First, he helped writc the Declaration Washingtons Revo- r t i -i i i • i i i i LUTioNARY SwoRD. ©t Indcpendencc, by which we declared(Preserved in the Patent oursclvcs frcc from thc rulc of thc king Office, Washinsiton.) r x^ i i . i . i x^ of England; next, he went to France toget aid for us. We were then too poor to pay our soldiers ;he got the king of France to let us have money to give them. Franklin lived to see the Revo-lution ended and America he died, full of years andof honors, he was buried in Phil-adelphia. Twenty thousand peo-ple went to his funeral. If you wish to see what thecountry thinks of him, you have only to look at a large map of the franklins Grave in Christ ChurchTT -J. J o^ J. 1^1 Burial-Ground, Philadelphia. United States, and count up how many times you find his name on it. You will find that more than two hundred counties and towns are called GEORGE WASHINGTON. 91 122. Summary. — Benjamin Franklin was born in Bostonnearly two hundred years ago. He went to Philadelphiawhen he was seventeen. He started a newspaper there,opened the first public library, and did many other thingsto help the city. He discovered that lightning and elec-tricity are the same thing, and he invented the lightning-rod to protect buildings. In the Revolution, he got largesums of money from the king of France to pay our soldiersand to help Washington fight the battles which ended inmaking America free. What had Philadelphia grown to be by 1733 ? Who did a great deal for Phila-delphia ? Tell what you can about Franklins newspaper. What else did he pub-lish ? What sayings did he print in his almanac ? What saying of Solomons didFranklins father use to repeat to him ? Did he ever stand in the presence of anykings ? Tell what you can about Franklin as a boy. Where did he live ? Whatdid he do ? How did he save money to bu
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