The Life of Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on 17 January 1706, the son of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler, and M. L. Weems begins his life of him by listing the honours the grown man held, from president of the American Philosophical Society to minister to France.
Weems, who also wrote a Life of Washington, promises anecdotes and sayings not given by other biographers. The first chapter even plays on the meaning of the surname Franklin, tracing it to an old word for a gentleman. This copy is Number 14 in the Street and Smith Historical Series.
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- Author
- M. L. Weems
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American History
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