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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3The Story of the Autobiography
  4. 4I — Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston
  5. 5II — Beginning Life as a Printer
  6. 6III — Arrival in Philadelphia
  7. 7IV — First Visit to Boston
  8. 8V — Early Friends in Philadelphia
  9. 9VI — First Visit to London
  10. 10VII — Beginning Business in Philadelphia
  11. 11VIII — Business Success and First Public Service
  12. 12IX — Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection
  13. 13X — Poor Richard’s Almanac and Other Activities
  14. 14XI — Interest in Public Affairs
  15. 15XII — Defense of the Province
  16. 16XIII — Public Services and Duties
  17. 17XIV — Albany Plan of Union
  18. 18XV — Quarrels With the Proprietary Governors
  19. 19XVI — Braddock’s Expedition
  20. 20XVII — Franklin’s Defense of the Frontier
  21. 21XVIII — Scientific Experiments
  22. 22XIX — Agent of Pennsylvania in London
  23. 23Appendix
  24. 24The Way to Wealth
  25. 25The Whistle
  26. 26A Letter to Samuel Mather
  27. 27Bibliography

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