Josiah Franklin, his father, a young Dyer in England with his first wife Anne and his three children, Josiah, Hanna, Samuel, and Elizabeth left England and came to Boston in 1683. In the begging society of Boston population 5,000 they seemed not to be in need of Josiah’s skills forcing him to find a new trade candle and soap making. Many years later Anne Franklin died from complication of giving birth to her seventh child. Franklins father soon married Abaih Folger of Nantucket who went on to have ten more children who Benjamin was the eight child. From Benjamin’s point of view his mother was a very caring and loving person.

James Franklin, Benjamin’s older brother had already become a printer by the age of twenty-one. Seeing the opportunity Benjamin signed on with his brother for nine years in 1718. The contract committed Benjamin to work for his brother nine years until the age of twenty-one. The new work opened doors for Benjamin. Through his brother

Franklin knew that he had only a short time to live. One of his last visitors was Thomas Jefferson, one of the few people to receive a copy of Franklin’s autobiography, which was designed to be a legacy to Benjamin’s family and relatives although in tremendous agony, Benjamin informed George Washington that he was happy to be alive to see the establishment of his young and great nation. Unable to go on any longer he quietly passed away on April 17, 1790.

Retiring early from the printing industry, Benjamin Franklin was destined to achieve international fame through his experiments in electricity. Franklin became interested in the natural experience known as electricity after witnessing demonstrations about static charge. Consequently, he contacted a friend from London and asked him to get glass tubes and data on the procedure of electrical experiments. Rubbing the glass tubes with silk, Benjamin was able to produce a static charge that could be used in his many experiments.

Benjamin soon set sail for England to try to establish business connection and try to purchase a printing press, types and other equipment. Benjamin continued his relationship with Deborah Reed. They made promises to each other to get married when he returned from England.

I don’t know really why I chose to write about Benjamin Franklin, but as I started reading about all his great ideas and stuff he accomplished he started to interest me. I never knew about half the stuff Franklin accomplished. He started the first library in Philadelphia. And founded a college which is today know as the University of Pennsylvania. Among all his other accomplishments he helped preacher George Whitefield in establishing an orphanage. Franklin, started most of the electrical terms we use still to this day such as battery, positive and negative charge. Among the other things he had a great political career. He helped persuade the French into helping the American patriots in the war. Still as inventive in his eld

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