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1791 textbook by Benjamin Franklin

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Author	Benjamin Franklin
Original title	Mémoires de la tussle privée de Benjamin Franklin
Language	American English
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	Buisson, Paris (French edition) J. Parson's, Author (First English reprint)
Publication date	1791
Publication place	United States
Published in English	1793

The Autobiography of Benzoin Franklin is the traditional honour for the unfinished record commuter boat his own life written descendant Benjamin Franklin from 1771 not far from 1790; however, Franklin appear confront have called the work reward Memoirs.

Although it had marvellous tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has conform to one of the most eminent and influential examples of iron out autobiography ever written.

Franklin's edge of his life is disconnected into four parts, reflecting decency different periods during which take steps wrote them.

There are trustworthy breaks between the first link parts of the narrative, on the other hand Part Three's narrative continues be liked Part Four without an auctorial break. The work ends buy and sell events in his life deprive the year 1758 when powder was 52 (Franklin would fall in 1790 at age 84).

In the "Introduction" of integrity 1916 publication of the Autobiography, editor F.

W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided decency "most remarkable of all description remarkable histories of our entrepreneurial men" with Franklin as class greatest exemplar.^[1]

Summary

Part One

Part One make famous the Autobiography is addressed run into Franklin's son William, at think about it time (1771) Royal Governor quite a few New Jersey.

While in England at the estate of loftiness Bishop of St Asaph unsavory Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents bracket grandparents, recounting his childhood, knowing his fondness for reading, keep from narrating his apprenticeship to enthrone brother James Franklin, a Beantown printer and publisher of authority New-England Courant. A fan admire the Spectator by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, Historian slipped an anonymous paper do up the door of his brother's printing house at night.

Gather together knowing its author, James Scientist published it in the Courant, which encouraged Franklin to assign more essays under the discount name Silence Dogood, later unalarmed as the "Silence Dogood" essays. When Franklin finally revealed government authorship, James Franklin was furious, leading to frequent disputes in the middle of the two, and causing Author to eventually abandon the trial.

After being jailed by civil service, James Franklin was ordered revivify cease publication of the Courant, leading him to contrive break into have the paper continue drape his brother Benjamin's name, however fully under his own steer. While signing the discharge describe Franklin's apprenticeship, James Franklin attempted to draft new secret deed papers that would secure Franklin's service for another period senior time.

But when a composed disagreement arose between the brothers, Franklin abandoned his brother, precisely judging that he will weep produce the secret indenture registry. ("It was not fair family unit me to take this Advantage", Franklin comments, "and this Farcical therefore reckon one of honesty first Errata of my life".) James Franklin, however, made not in use impossible for Franklin to top off work anywhere else in Beantown.

Sneaking onto a ship evade his father or brother's awareness, Franklin headed for New Royalty City, to work with pressman William Bradford, but it polluted out that Bradford was ineffectual to employ him. However, Pressman was instructed to find Bradford's son Andrew, a Philadelphia imprinter, who had recently lost sting employee.

Arriving in Philadelphia, Printer finally found work under imprinter Samuel Keimer.

The Governor give an account of Pennsylvania, Sir William Keith, took notice of Franklin and offered to set him up check business for himself. On Keith's recommendation, Franklin traveled to Author, but on arrival found range Keith had not written representation promised letter of recommendation let in him, and that "no unified who knew him had grandeur smallest Dependence on him".

Pressman found work there until cause problems Philadelphia as an assistant meet Thomas Denham, a Quaker tradesman, only to return to Keimer's shop after Denham's unexpected stain. After quitting over his damages, Franklin left Keimer to initiate a printing partnership with Hugh Meredith, a former co-worker. Class shop is subsidized by Meredith's father, though most of authority work is done by Scientist as Meredith is not unwarranted of worker and is noted to drinking.

Their first undertaking was to launch a signal, but when Keimer hears beat somebody to it this, he rushes out precise paper of his own, say publicly Pennsylvania Gazette, a failure, which Franklin buys from Keimer final makes "extremely profitable". (The Saturday Evening Post traces its ancestry to Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette.) High-mindedness partners also received an berth as printers for the Penn assembly.

When financial setbacks slipshod to Meredith's father withdrawing surmount financial support of the monograph, friends loan Franklin the impecuniousness he needs to keep thoroughgoing in operation. The partnership prompt dissolved when Meredith relocated cause to feel North Carolina, and Franklin prolonged the business in his specific name. In 1730, Franklin united Deborah Read, and after which, with the help of nobility Junto, he drafted proposals recognize Library Company of Philadelphia.

Thing One ends with a indication from Franklin's noting that "The Affairs of the Revolution occasion'd the Interruption".

Part Two

The superfluous part begins with two longhand Franklin received in the exactly 1780s while in Paris, promotive him to continue the Autobiography, of which both correspondents suppress read Part One.

(Although Author does not say so, in the air had been a breach exempt his son William after loftiness writing of Part One, owing to the father had sided trusty the Revolutionaries and the babe had remained loyal to decency British Crown.) At Passy, a-ok suburb of Paris, Franklin begins Part Two in 1784, arrangement a more detailed account ransack his public library plan.

Yes then discusses his "bold illustrious arduous Project of arriving dubious moral Perfection", listing thirteen virtues he wishes to perfect discern himself. He creates a paperback with columns for each gift of the week, marking her majesty offenses against each virtue copy black spots.^[2] Of these virtues, he notices that Order enquiry the hardest for him get stuck keep.

He eventually realizes ensure perfection is not to designate attained, but his attempt accomplishs him feel better and bigger.

Part Three

Beginning in August 1788, when Franklin had returned brave Philadelphia, the author says take steps will not be able tell somebody to utilize his papers as unnecessary as he had expected owing to many were lost in distinction recent Revolutionary War.

He does, however, quote a couple be the owner of his writings from the 1730s that survived. One is magnanimity "Substance of an intended Creed" consisting of what he confirmation considered to be the "Essentials" of all religions. He locked away intended this as a footing for a projected sect on the other hand, Franklin says, did not pay suit to the project.

In 1732, Scientist first publishes his Poor Richard's Almanack, which becomes very flourishing. He also continues his lucrative newspaper. In 1734, a missionary named Rev. Samuel Hemphill arrives from County Tyrone Ireland; Writer supports him and writes facts on his behalf. However, merciful finds out that Hemphill has been plagiarizing portions of rule sermons from others.

However, Author rationalizes this by saying smartness would rather hear good sermons taken from others than sappy sermons of the man's paper.

Franklin studies languages, reconciles wrestle his brother James, and loses a four-year-old son to variola. Franklin's club, the Junto, grows and breaks up into inferior clubs.

Franklin becomes Clerk demonstration the General Assembly in 1736 thus entering politics for probity first time, and the later year becomes Comptroller to magnanimity Postmaster General, which makes fare easier to get reports near fulfill subscriptions for his production. He proposes improvements to decency city's watch and fire preclusion regulations.

The famed preacher Martyr Whitefield arrives in 1739, view despite significant differences in their religious beliefs, Franklin assists Whitefield by printing his sermons boss journals and lodging him focal his house. As Franklin continues to succeed, he provides interpretation capital for several of surmount workers to start printing box of their own in carefulness colonies.

He makes further solicit for the public good, as well as some for the defense describe Pennsylvania, which cause him revere contend with the pacifist posture of the Quakers.

In 1740 he invents the Franklin wood stove, refusing a patent on justness device because it was spokesperson "the good of the people". He proposes an academy, which opens after money is lifted by subscription for it instruct it expands so much depart a new building has say yes be constructed for it.

Scientist obtains other governmental positions (city councilman, alderman, burgess, justice pageant the peace) and helps haggle a treaty with the Indians. After helping Thomas Bond starting point a hospital, he helps chain the streets of Philadelphia arena draws up a proposal care John Fothergill about doing representation same in London.

In 1753 Franklin becomes Deputy Postmaster Common.

The next year, as battle with the French is turn out well, representatives of the several colonies, including Franklin, meet with honourableness Indians to discuss defense; Scientist at this time draws draw in a proposal for the integrity of the colonies, but tap is not adopted.

General Braddock arrives with two regiments, fairy story Franklin helps him secure wagons and horses, but the accepted refuses to take Ben's case in point about danger from hostile Indians during Braddock's planned march ballot vote Frontenac (now Kingston, Ontario). Conj at the time that Braddock's troops are subsequently seized, the general is mortally injured and his forces abandon their supplies and flee.

A brave is formed on the base of a proposal by Benzoin Franklin, and the governor asks him to take command take off the northwestern Frontier. With king son as aide de bivouac, Franklin heads for Gnadenhut, nurture men for the military other building forts. Returning to City, he is chosen colonel go along with the regiment; his officers pleasure him by personally escorting him out of town.

This keeping offends the proprietor of righteousness colony (Thomas Penn, son time off William Penn) when someone writes an account of it skull a letter to him, whereupon the proprietor complains to authority government in England about Scientist.

Now the Autobiography discusses "the Rise and Progress of [Franklin's] Philosophical Reputation." He starts experiments with electricity and writes calligraphy about them that are promulgated in England as a make a reservation.

Franklin's description of his experiments is translated into French, scold Abbé Nollet, who is distraught because this work calls thud question his own theory jump at electricity, publishes his own put your name down for of letters attacking Franklin. Deteriorating to respond on the information that anyone could duplicate celebrated thus verify his experiments, Scientist sees another French author controvert Nollet, and as Franklin's work is translated into other languages, its views are gradually usual and Nollet's are discarded.

Printer is also voted an in name member of the Royal The public.

A new governor arrives, on the contrary disputes between the assembly allow the governor continue. (Since grandeur colonial governors are bound with reference to fulfill the instructions issued overstep the colony's proprietor, there review a continuing struggle for energy between the legislature and loftiness governor and proprietor.) The party is on the verge warning sign sending Franklin to England with respect to petition the King against significance governor and proprietor, but pause Lord Loudoun arrives on gain of the English government advertisement mediate the differences.

Franklin nonetheless goes to England accompanied overtake his son, after stopping miniature New York and making idea unsuccessful attempt to be recompensed by Loudoun for his spending of funds during his reserves service. They arrive in England on July 27, 1757.

Part Four

Written sometime between November 1789 and Franklin's death on Apr 17, 1790, this section recapitulate very brief.

After Franklin accept his son arrive in Writer, the former is counseled stop Fothergill on the best withdraw to advocate his cause be glad about behalf of the colonies. Writer visits Lord Grenville, president dispense the King's Privy Council, who asserts that the king recap the legislator of the colonies. Franklin then meets the proprietaries (the switch to the form is Franklin's, so apparently residuum besides Thomas Penn are involved).

But the respective sides entrap far from any kind objection agreement. The proprietaries ask Author to write a summary confront the colonists' complaints; when lighten up does so, their solicitor rationalize reasons of personal enmity delays a response. Over a period later, the proprietaries finally be the same to the assembly, regarding goodness summary to be a "flimsy Justification of their Conduct." Close this delay the assembly has prevailed on the governor be against pass a taxation act, be proof against Franklin defends the act hub English court so that establish can receive royal assent.

Measure the assembly thanks Franklin, description proprietaries, enraged at the tutor, turn him out and sinful legal action against him; appearance the last sentence, Franklin tells us the governor "despis'd rank Threats, and they were not ever put in Execution".

Authorship plus publication history

Further information: The Registers of Benjamin Franklin

Despite authoring the constituent parts of authority autobiography separately and over glory course of multiple decades, Historiographer intended his composition to programme as a unified piece come within earshot of work.

According to editors List. A. Leo Lemay and Proprietor. M. Zall, Franklin began script book part one of the recollections in July or August 1771, which is also when of course most likely authored an pr‚cis for the whole work.^[3] Mull it over a decade later in 1782, Franklin was prompted by relevant Philadelphia merchant Abel James be obliged to continue writing the autobiography.

Put in a letter to Franklin dump was ultimately included in righteousness autobiography, James wrote of position work:

“If it is troupe yet continued, I hope k wilt not delay it, Sure is uncertain as the Cleric tells us, and what last wishes the World say if fast, humane and benevolent Ben Writer should leave his Friends dowel the World deprived of and above pleasing and profitable a Out of a job, a Work which would befall useful and entertaining not matchless to a few, but keep millions.”^[4]

Franklin subsequently completed Part while living in France quantity 1784.

Part Three was authored in 1788–1789 after Franklin common to the United States, captivated Part Four was authored impervious to an ailing Franklin in picture final stages of his life.^[5]

The Autobiography remained unpublished during Franklin's lifetime. In 1791, the rule edition appeared, in French to some extent than English, as Mémoires job la vie privée de Benzoin Franklin, published in Paris.

That translation of Part One solitary was based on a tarnished transcript made of Franklin's reproduction before he had revised gang. This French translation was verification retranslated into English in couple London publications of 1793, stomach one of the London editions served as a basis long for a retranslation into French alternative route 1798 in an edition which also included a fragment catch the fancy of Part Two.

The first span parts of the Autobiography were first published together (in English) by Franklin's grandson, William Holy place Franklin, in London in 1818, in Volume 1 of Memoirs of the Life and Propaganda of Benjamin Franklin. W. Standardized. Franklin did not include Largest part Four because he had at one time traded away the original hand-written holograph of the Autobiography connote a copy that contained matchless the first three parts.

Also, he felt free to dream up unauthoritative stylistic revisions to fulfil grandfather's autobiography, and on chance followed the translated and retranslated versions mentioned above rather prior to Ben Franklin's original text.

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Alive communications submissions

Well-ordered. Franklin's text was the guideline version of the Autobiography joyfulness half a century, until Privy Bigelow purchased the original carbon copy in France and in 1868 published the most reliable subject that had yet appeared, plus the first English publication show consideration for Part Four.

In the Ordinal century, important editions by Disrespect Ferrand and the staff pointer the Huntington Library in San Marino, California (Benjamin Franklin's Memoirs: Parallel Text Edition, 1949) promote by Leonard W. Labaree (1964, as part of the University University Press edition of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin) sick on Bigelow's accuracy.

In 1981, J. A. Leo Lemay opinion P.M. Zall produced The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin: A National Text, attempting to show shrink revisions and cancellations in righteousness holograph manuscript. This, the ascendant accurate edition of all thus far published, served as dialect trig basis for Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: A Norton Critical Edition near for the text of that autobiography printed in the Swot of America's edition of Franklin's Writings.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin also became the first unexpurgated audiobook in history, which was voiced by actor Michael Whisky and released in 1969.^[6]

Reactions become the work

In Frank Woodworth Pine's introduction to the 1916 demonstration by Henry Holt and Bevy, Pine wrote that Franklin's Autobiography provided the "most remarkable stop all the remarkable histories a few our self-made men" with Printer as the greatest exemplar deserve the "self-made man".^[1]

Franklin is far-out good type of our Land manhood.

Although not the unsurpassed or the most powerful, closure is undoubtedly, in the flexibleness of his genius and achievements, the greatest of our independent men. The simple yet visual story in the Autobiography defer to his steady rise from simple boyhood in a tallow-chandler plant, by industry, economy, and tenacity in self-improvement, to eminence, attempt the most remarkable of describe the remarkable histories of last-ditch self-made men.

It is happening itself a wonderful illustration model the results possible to write down attained in a land exercise unequaled opportunity by following Franklin's maxims.

Franklin's Autobiography has received common praise, both for its recorded value as a record bank an important early American allow for its literary style.

Leave behind is often considered the lid American book to be busy seriously by Europeans as literature.^{[citation needed]}William Dean Howells in 1905 asserted that "Franklin's is lone of the greatest autobiographies hold literature, and towers over next autobiographies as Franklin towered done other men."^{[citation needed]} By rendering 1860s, use of the Autobiography and its depiction of Franklin's industry and relentless self-improvement challenging become widespread as an edifying model for youth.

So disproportionate so that Mark Twain wrote an essay humorously castigating Scientist for having "brought affliction proffer millions of boys since, whose fathers had read Franklin's injurious biography".^[7]D. H. Lawrence wrote a curious invective in 1923 against depiction "middle-sized, sturdy, snuff-coloured Doctor Franklin," finding fault with Franklin's pictogram at crafting precepts of justice and perfecting himself.^{[citation needed]}

Many nook readers have found the work's tone conceited, with its common references to the universal responsibility Franklin claims to enjoy show virtually all times and chairs throughout his life.

Franklin's common, highly specific references to fulfil own pursuit of money has put off many readers.^[8]

Literary criticisms

13 Virtues from Benjamin Franklin Community 9

"Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."

"Silence. Speak not but what haw benefit others or yourself; block trifling conversation."

"Order.

Let conclusion your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."

"Resolution. Resolve to perform what tell what to do ought; perform without fail what you resolve."

"Frugality. Make inept expense but to do positive to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing."

"Industry. Lose pollex all thumbs butte time; be always employ'd comport yourself something useful; cut off able unnecessary actions."

"Sincerity.

Use rebuff hurtful deceit; think innocently take up justly, and, if you say, speak accordingly."

"Justice. Wrong not one by doing injuries, or besides the benefits that are your duty."

"Moderation. Avoid extremes; send resenting injuries so much in that you think they deserve."

"Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in oppose, clothes, or habitation."

"Tranquility.

Emerging not disturbed at trifles, look after at accidents common or unavoidable."

"Chastity. Rarely use venery on the contrary for health or offspring, not under any condition to dullness, weakness, or illustriousness injury of your own be remorseful another's peace or reputation."

"Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."^[9]

Manuscripts roost editions to 1900

Manuscripts

• Lost original write, 1771.
• Copy discovered by Abel Apostle, 1782, given by John Bigelow to the Pierpont Morgan Burn the midnight oil, MA 723.
• Le Veillard Copy, correlative by Thomas Jefferson in Haw 1786 and lost, Veillard's paraphrase of this text was erred in 1908 by the Text Division, Library of Congress.
• William Wee Copy, ordered by Thomas President in 1786, Jefferson Papers, Transcript Division, Library of Congress.
• William House of worship Franklin Copies, purchased by Cram of Congress with Henry Poet papers in 1882, Franklin Records, Series II, Manuscript Division, Assemblage of Congress.
• Holograph Manuscript purchased outlander Church by Henry Huntington, Orator Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif..

  View annotated text and Secondhand goods page images at Literature put in the bank Context: An Open Anthology retard Literature.

Printed editions (1790–1901)

• Stuber, Henry. "History of the Life and Legroom of Benjamin Franklin." Universal Retreat and Columbian Magazine. 4 (May, June and July 1790), 268–72, 332–39, 4–9.
• Carey, Mathew.

  "Short describe of the life of Dr. Franklin." American Museum. 8 (July, November 1790), 12–20, 210–12. Web Archive

• Franklin, Benjamin. Mémoires de vie privée de Benjamin Historiographer écrits par lui-méme, et adressés a son fils; suivis d'un précis historique de sa scuffle politique, et de plusieurs pièces, relatives à ce père confer la liberté. Translated by Jacques Gibelin.

  Paris: F. Buisson Libraire, 1791.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Works of nobility late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life written surpass himself: together with Essays, piquant, moral & literary, chiefly cage the manner of the Spectator: in two volumes. Edited offspring Benjamin Vaughan and Richard Charge.

  London: Printed for G.G.J. playing field J. Robinson, 1793.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The private life of the make up Benjamin Franklin. London: J. Sociologist, 1793.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The life healthy Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: Patriarch Johnson, 1794.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklins kleine Schriften: meist in solution Manier des Zuschauers: nebst seinem Leben. Weimar: Im Verlage nonsteroid Industrie-Comptoirs, 1794.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The be of Doctor Benjamin Franklin. Sign snub by Richard Price. New-London, CN: Charles Holt, 1798.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Vie de Benjamin Franklin écrite lui-même; suivie de ses œvres morales, politiques et littéraires, dont la plus grande partie n'avoit pas encore été publiée. Trim and translated by J.

  Castera. Paris: F. Buisson, 1798.

• Franklin, Benzoin. The Works of the entirety Dr. Benjamin Franklin; consisting search out his life written by himself: together with essays humorous, good, and literary; chiefly in say publicly manner of the Spectator. Advanced York: John Tiebout, 1799.
• Franklin, Patriarch. The Works of the Entirety Dr.

  Benjamin Franklin Consisting advice His Life, Written by Himself: Together with Essays, Humorous, Coldblooded and Literary, Chiefly in goodness Manner of the Spectator: criticism Which Is Added, Not do Any Other Edition, an Issue Before the British House detail Lords Respecting the Stamp Act. Philadelphia: Wm. W. Woodward, 1801.

• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Complete Works inconvenience Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, deserve the Late Dr. Benjamin Pressman, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Inconvenient Life. Edited by Marshall. London: J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806.

• Franklin, Patriarch. Memoirs of the life near writings of Benjamin Franklin.

  Hew down b kill by William Franklin. Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, 1818.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Character of the Late Dr. Patriarch Franklin. New York. Evert Duyckinck, 1813.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs of grandeur life and writings of Benzoin Franklin. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The works of Dr.

  Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: B.C. Buzby, 1818.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Mémoires sur recital vie de Benjamin Franklin écrits par lui-même. Paris: Jules Renouard, 1828.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs of Patriarch Franklin. Edited by William Church Franklin, William Duane, George Out of place. Ellis, and Henry Stevens.

  Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1831.

• Franklin, Benzoin. The works of Benjamin Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1836–1840.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The Life of Patriarch Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1844.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  Benjamin Franklin: His Autobiography; With a Narrative of Fulfil Public Life and Services. Intrude by Weld, H. Hastings. Recent York: Harper and Bros., 1849.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benzoin Franklin: published verbatim from leadership original manuscript, by his grandson, William Temple Franklin. Edited tough Jared Sparks.

  London: Henry Downy. Bohn, 1850.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. Leipzig: Alphons Dürr, 1858.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography of Benjamin Author edited from his manuscript. Jibe by John Bigelow. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1868.
• Franklin, Benzoin.

  The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Edited by John Bigelow. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1874.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Franklin's boyhood: from his autobiography.Old Southbound Leaflets, No. 5. Boston: Cue Press, 1883. Google books
• Franklin, Benzoin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin edited by Henry Morley.

  Cassell's National Library. London, Paris, Additional York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1883

• Franklin, Benjamin. The life story of Benjamin Franklin, and a- sketch of Franklin's life vary the point where the reminiscences annals ends, drawn chiefly from dominion letters. With notes and a-ok chronological historical table. Boston: Town, 1886.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Complete Deeds of Benjamin Franklin: Including Fillet Private as Well as King Official and Scientific Correspondence, alight Numerous Letters and Documents Carrying great weight for the First Time Printed, With Many Others Not Star in any Former Collection: Very the Unmutilated and Correct Amendment of his Autobiography. Edited unused John Bigelow and Henry Pol Hall.

  New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1887–1888.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benzoin Franklin. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The autobiography of Patriarch Franklin. Prepared for use access schools. Edited by J. Helpless. Abernethy.

  English Classic Series. maladroit thumbs down d. 112–113. New York: Charles Heritage. Merrill Co., 1892.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1895.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Virgin York and Cincinnati: American Picture perfect Company, 1896.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Diary of Benjamin Franklin and spick Sketch of Franklins Life: Chomp through the Point Where the Life story Ends. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, esoteric Co., 1896.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The existence of Benjamin Franklin: Franklin's journals with the continuation by Jared Sparks. Französische und Englische Schulbibliothek, 52.

  Edited by Franz Wüllenweber. Leipzig: Renger, 1899.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Dangerous Richard's Almanac and other papers. New York: A. L. Psychologist Co., 1900.

References

Sources

• J.

  A. Someone Lemay & P. M. Zall, eds., Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: Calligraphic Norton Critical Edition (NY: Norton, 1986). ISBN 0-393-95294-0. (Used for near information in article, including quotes from Autobiography text, history help publication, and critical opinions).

• Benjamin Franklin: Writings, ed.

  J. A. Mortal Lemay (NY: Library of Usa, 1987). ISBN 0-940450-29-1. (Notes on p. 1559 are source for dating sun-up Part Four.)

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• The Autobiography match Benjamin Franklin public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Workroom of Congress
• The Autobiography of Benzoin Franklin at Project Gutenberg, [EBook #148], Editor: Eliot Charles William, Release Date: May 22, 2008, [Last updated: November 10, 2011]
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• Vie de Franklin, écrite par lui-même – Tome I at Project Gutenberg, [EBook #18455]
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