. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. r RAN KLIN O PHILADELPHIAHENRY ALTCMUS Copyright, 1895, by Henry Altemus. HENRY ALTEMUS, MANUFACTURER, PHILADELPHIA. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAOR lEntroduction, . . . . 9 Franklin and Genealogy of his Family—His Birth—HisMother—Employments in his Boyhood—Anecdote—Character of his Father—Epitaph of his Fatherand Mother—Fond of Reading—Apprenticed to hisBrother to learn the Printers Trade—Writes Bal-lads—Intimacy with Collins—Practises Composi-tion—Adopts a Vegetable Diet—Studies the So-cratic Method of Disputation—Concerned in pub-lishing a Newspaper—Disag
. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. r RAN KLIN O PHILADELPHIAHENRY ALTCMUS Copyright, 1895, by Henry Altemus. HENRY ALTEMUS, MANUFACTURER, PHILADELPHIA. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAOR lEntroduction, . . . . 9 Franklin and Genealogy of his Family—His Birth—HisMother—Employments in his Boyhood—Anecdote—Character of his Father—Epitaph of his Fatherand Mother—Fond of Reading—Apprenticed to hisBrother to learn the Printers Trade—Writes Bal-lads—Intimacy with Collins—Practises Composi-tion—Adopts a Vegetable Diet—Studies the So-cratic Method of Disputation—Concerned in pub-lishing a Newspaper—Disagrees with his Brother—Leaves Boston and takes Passage in a Sloop for NewYork, 17 CHAPTER II. Journey to Philadelphia—Adventure in a Boat——Burlington—His first Appearance in Phil-adelphia—Quaker Meeting—Seeks for Employment ;as a Printer—Commences Work in Keimers Office—Forms Acquaintances—Patronised by Sir Wil-liam Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania—First Inter-view with hi
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