Yale University Press: New Haven, 1964.

The thesis of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is that Benjamin Franklin was a

great American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, and scientist, whose many

contributions to the cause of the American Revolution, and the newly formed federal

government that followed, make him one of the country's greatest statesman.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an extensive collection of Franklins

"memoirs," and other writings which tell of his life, and accomplishments from

childhood through adulthood. Benjamin Franklin was a statesman, scientist, philosopher,

and publisher. Born in Boston, he was apprenticed at 12 to his brother, a local printer. He

taught himself to write , and in 1723 he moved to Philadelphia, where he founded the

Pennsylvania Gazette ,and wrote Poor Richard's Almanac . He became prosperous and

8. He attended grammar school for only 2 years .

legislature from 1736-1751. He was a delegate to the Albany Congress . He represented

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