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True to His Home

by Hezekiah Butterworth

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The First Day
  3. 3Chapter II — Uncle Benjamin, the Poet
  4. 4Chapter III — Benjamin and Benjamin
  5. 5Chapter IV — Franklin’s Story of a Holiday in Childhood
  6. 6Chapter V — The Boy Franklin’s Kite
  7. 7Chapter VI — Little Ben’s Guinea Pig
  8. 8Chapter VII — Uncle Tom, Who Rose in the World
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Little Ben Shows His Handwriting to the Family
  10. 10Chapter IX — Uncle Benjamin’s Secret
  11. 11Chapter X — The Stone Wharf, and Lady Wiggleworth, Who Fell Asleep…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Jenny
  13. 13Chapter XII — A Chime of Bells in Nottingham
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Elder Franklin’s Stories
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Treasure-Finder
  16. 16Chapter XV — “Have I a Chance?”
  17. 17Chapter XVI — “A Book That Influenced the Character of a Man Who Le…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Benjamin Looks for a Place Wherein to Start in Life
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Little Ben’s Adventures as a Poet
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Leaves Boston
  21. 21Chapter XX — Laughed at Again
  22. 22Chapter XXI — London and a Long Swim
  23. 23Chapter XXII — A Penny Roll With Honor — Jenny’s Spinning-Wheel
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Mr. Calamity
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Franklin’s Struggles With Franklin
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Magical Bottle
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — The Electrified Vial and the Questions It Raised
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The Great Discovery
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Home-Coming in Disguise
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — “Those Pamphlets”
  31. 31Chapter XXX — A Strange Discovery
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Old Humphrey’s Strange Story
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Eagle That Caught the Cat — Dr. Franklin’s Engl…
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Old Mr. Calamity Again
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Old Mr. Calamity and the Tearing Down of the King’s…
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Jenny Again
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — The Declaration of Independence — A Mystery
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Another Signature — The Story of Auvergne Sans Tache
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Franklin Signs the Treaty of Peace — How George I…
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — The Tale of an Old Velvet Coat
  41. 41Chapter XL — In Service Again
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Jane’s Last Visit
  43. 43Chapter XLII — For the Last Time
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — A Lesson After School
  45. 45Appendix

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