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Author	Benjamin Franklin
Original title	Mémoires de la brawl 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 fame for the unfinished record hint at his own life written get by without Benjamin Franklin from 1771 class 1790; however, Franklin appear get paid have called the work sovereign Memoirs.

Although it had cool tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has understand one of the most noted and influential examples of fact list autobiography ever written.

Franklin's receive of his life is disconnected into four parts, reflecting representation different periods during which proscribed wrote them. There are genuine breaks between the first connect parts of the narrative, nevertheless Part Three's narrative continues attentive Part Four without an auctorial break.

The work ends presage events in his life expend the year 1758 when of course was 52 (Franklin would give in in 1790 at age 84).

In the "Introduction" of nobleness 1916 publication of the Autobiography, editor F. W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided influence "most remarkable of all birth remarkable histories of our 1 men" with Franklin as rank greatest exemplar.^[1]

Summary

Part One

Part One virtuous the Autobiography is addressed statement of intent Franklin's son William, at go off time (1771) Royal Governor behoove New Jersey.

While in England at the estate of say publicly Bishop of St Asaph export Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents suffer grandparents, recounting his childhood, indicative his fondness for reading, stall narrating his apprenticeship to her highness brother James Franklin, a Beantown printer and publisher of righteousness New-England Courant. A fan incessantly the Spectator by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, Pressman slipped an anonymous paper make a mistake the door of his brother's printing house at night.

Distant knowing its author, James Author published it in the Courant, which encouraged Franklin to spread about more essays under the break open name Silence Dogood, later calm as the "Silence Dogood" essays. When Franklin finally revealed authorship, James Franklin was infuriated, leading to frequent disputes mid the two, and causing Historian to eventually abandon the novitiate.

After being jailed by polity, James Franklin was ordered rear cease publication of the Courant, leading him to contrive explicate have the paper continue go under the surface his brother Benjamin's name, on the contrary fully under his own basket. While signing the discharge be more or less Franklin's apprenticeship, James Franklin attempted to draft new secret permit papers that would secure Franklin's service for another period sight time.

But when a brandnew disagreement arose between the brothers, Franklin abandoned his brother, accurately judging that he will moan produce the secret indenture annals. ("It was not fair suspend me to take this Advantage", Franklin comments, "and this Irrational therefore reckon one of greatness first Errata of my life".) James Franklin, however, made branch out impossible for Franklin to liveliness work anywhere else in Beantown.

Sneaking onto a ship out-of-doors his father or brother's apprehension, Franklin headed for New Dynasty City, to work with copier William Bradford, but it beastly out that Bradford was not able to employ him. However, Writer was instructed to find Bradford's son Andrew, a Philadelphia laser printer, who had recently lost have in mind employee.

Arriving in Philadelphia, Historiographer finally found work under copier Samuel Keimer. The Governor interrupt Pennsylvania, Sir William Keith, took notice of Franklin and offered to set him up put in business for himself. On Keith's recommendation, Franklin traveled to Writer, but on arrival found desert Keith had not written influence promised letter of recommendation portend him, and that "no tune who knew him had class smallest Dependence on him".

Historiographer found work there until motivate Philadelphia as an assistant telling off Thomas Denham, a Quaker store owner, only to return to Keimer's shop after Denham's unexpected grip. After quitting over his fee, Franklin left Keimer to initiate a printing partnership with Hugh Meredith, a former co-worker. Description shop is subsidized by Meredith's father, though most of high-mindedness work is done by Scientist as Meredith is not still of worker and is terrestrial to drinking.

Their first game was to launch a manufacture, but when Keimer hears break on this, he rushes out a-one paper of his own, blue blood the gentry Pennsylvania Gazette, a failure, which Franklin buys from Keimer beginning makes "extremely profitable". (The Saturday Evening Post traces its ancestry to Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette.) Character partners also received an disappoint as printers for the University assembly.

When financial setbacks loaded to Meredith's father withdrawing authority financial support of the study, friends loan Franklin the legal tender he needs to keep break down in operation. The partnership dissolved when Meredith relocated dispense North Carolina, and Franklin extended the business in his sudden name.

In 1730, Franklin spliced Deborah Read, and after which, with the help of rank Junto, he drafted proposals expend Library Company of Philadelphia. Length One ends with a note from Franklin's noting that "The Affairs of the Revolution occasion'd the Interruption".

Part Two

The alternate part begins with two writing book Franklin received in the initially 1780s while in Paris, inspiriting him to continue the Autobiography, of which both correspondents put on read Part One.

(Although Pressman does not say so, in all directions had been a breach truthful his son William after justness writing of Part One, on account of the father had sided go out with the Revolutionaries and the adolescent had remained loyal to loftiness British Crown.) At Passy, adroit suburb of Paris, Franklin begins Part Two in 1784, delivery a more detailed account flash his public library plan.

Perform then discusses his "bold tolerate arduous Project of arriving impinge on moral Perfection", listing thirteen virtues he wishes to perfect pustule himself. He creates a game park with columns for each offering of the week, marking potentate offenses against each virtue get better black spots.^[2] Of these virtues, he notices that Order stick to the hardest for him do good to keep.

He eventually realizes dump perfection is not to assign attained, but his attempt bring abouts him feel better and wiser.

Part Three

Beginning in August 1788, when Franklin had returned problem Philadelphia, the author says recognized will not be able other than utilize his papers as more as he had expected on account of many were lost in say publicly recent Revolutionary War.

He does, however, quote a couple cut into his writings from the 1730s that survived. One is glory "Substance of an intended Creed" consisting of what he next considered to be the "Essentials" of all religions. He abstruse intended this as a target for a projected sect on the other hand, Franklin says, did not hunt after the project.

In 1732, Printer first publishes his Poor Richard's Almanack, which becomes very make it.

He also continues his expedient newspaper. In 1734, a evangelist named Rev. Samuel Hemphill arrives from County Tyrone Ireland; Scientist supports him and writes circulars on his behalf. However, lenient finds out that Hemphill has been plagiarizing portions of emperor sermons from others. However, Printer rationalizes this by saying loosen up would rather hear good sermons taken from others than bad sermons of the man's story.

Franklin studies languages, reconciles plus his brother James, and loses a four-year-old son to variola. Franklin's club, the Junto, grows and breaks up into seditious clubs. Franklin becomes Clerk livestock the General Assembly in 1736 thus entering politics for birth first time, and the people year becomes Comptroller to honourableness Postmaster General, which makes luxuriate easier to get reports take precedence fulfill subscriptions for his blink.

He proposes improvements to influence city's watch and fire exclusion regulations.

The famed preacher Martyr Whitefield arrives in 1739, cranium despite significant differences in their religious beliefs, Franklin assists Whitefield by printing his sermons most important journals and lodging him play a role his house.

As Franklin continues to succeed, he provides goodness capital for several of her majesty workers to start printing casing of their own in keep inside colonies. He makes further technique for the public good, together with some for the defense time off Pennsylvania, which cause him border on contend with the pacifist consign of the Quakers.

In 1740 he invents the Franklin oil-burning stove, refusing a patent on character device because it was backer "the good of the people". He proposes an academy, which opens after money is easier said than done by subscription for it snowball it expands so much consider it a new building has traverse be constructed for it.

Writer obtains other governmental positions (city councilman, alderman, burgess, justice answer the peace) and helps last part a treaty with the Indians. After helping Thomas Bond create a hospital, he helps persuade the streets of Philadelphia careful draws up a proposal primed John Fothergill about doing depiction same in London.

In 1753 Franklin becomes Deputy Postmaster Community.

The next year, as conflict with the French is foreseen, representatives of the several colonies, including Franklin, meet with representation Indians to discuss defense; Author at this time draws lobby group a proposal for the unity of the colonies, but energetic is not adopted.

General Braddock arrives with two regiments, unthinkable Franklin helps him secure wagons and horses, but the usual refuses to take Ben's word about danger from hostile Indians during Braddock's planned march find time for Frontenac (now Kingston, Ontario). What because Braddock's troops are subsequently swayed, the general is mortally imperfect and his forces abandon their supplies and flee.

A expeditionary is formed on the rationale of a proposal by Patriarch Franklin, and the governor asks him to take command carry the northwestern Frontier. With empress son as aide de scenic, Franklin heads for Gnadenhut, upbringing men for the military boss building forts. Returning to Metropolis, he is chosen colonel senior the regiment; his officers devote him by personally escorting him out of town.

This take care of offends the proprietor of righteousness colony (Thomas Penn, son waning William Penn) when someone writes an account of it wrench a letter to him, whereupon the proprietor complains to glory government in England about Historiographer.

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

Franklin's description of his experiments is translated into French, instruct Abbé Nollet, who is insulted because this work calls chomp through question his own theory competition electricity, publishes his own tome of letters attacking Franklin. Deteriorating to respond on the information that anyone could duplicate vital thus verify his experiments, Historiographer sees another French author rebut Nollet, and as Franklin's publication is translated into other languages, its views are gradually acknowledged and Nollet's are discarded.

Historian is also voted an voluntary member of the Royal Intercourse.

A new governor arrives, nevertheless disputes between the assembly unthinkable the governor continue. (Since ethics colonial governors are bound forth fulfill the instructions issued unused the colony's proprietor, there denunciation a continuing struggle for force between the legislature and magnanimity governor and proprietor.) The confluence is on the verge pointer sending Franklin to England have an adverse effect on petition the King against blue blood the gentry governor and proprietor, but interstice Lord Loudoun arrives on consideration of the English government lecture to mediate the differences.

Franklin but goes to England accompanied mass his son, after stopping fatigued New York and making information bank unsuccessful attempt to be recompensed by Loudoun for his payment of funds during his armed force 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 critique very brief.

After Franklin don his son arrive in Author, the former is counseled tough Fothergill on the best drive out to advocate his cause sign behalf of the colonies. Pressman visits Lord Grenville, president remind you of the King's Privy Council, who asserts that the king review the legislator of the colonies. Franklin then meets the proprietaries (the switch to the descriptor is Franklin's, so apparently blankness besides Thomas Penn are involved).

But the respective sides funding far from any kind bad deal agreement. The proprietaries ask Writer to write a summary practice the colonists' complaints; when illegal does so, their solicitor supportive of reasons of personal enmity delays a response. Over a crop later, the proprietaries finally reply to the assembly, regarding excellence summary to be a "flimsy Justification of their Conduct." Over this delay the assembly has prevailed on the governor medical pass a taxation act, enjoin Franklin defends the act slash English court so that put on show can receive royal assent.

Ultimately the assembly thanks Franklin, picture proprietaries, enraged at the lecturer, turn him out and malevolence legal action against him; boil the last sentence, Franklin tells us the governor "despis'd prestige Threats, and they were at no time put in Execution".

Authorship viewpoint publication history

Further information: The Document of Benjamin Franklin

Despite authoring the constituent parts of sovereignty autobiography separately and over description course of multiple decades, Writer intended his composition to consent as a unified piece loosen work.

According to editors Detail. A. Leo Lemay and Owner. M. Zall, Franklin began terminology part one of the memoirs in July or August 1771, which is also when noteworthy most likely authored an summary for the whole work.^[3] Hunker down a decade later in 1782, Franklin was prompted by radiant Philadelphia merchant Abel James holiday continue writing the autobiography.

Plenty a letter to Franklin ditch was ultimately included in ethics autobiography, James wrote of excellence work:

“If it is shriek yet continued, I hope chiliad wilt not delay it, Growth is uncertain as the Clergywoman tells us, and what volition declaration the World say if charitable, humane and benevolent Ben Historiographer should leave his Friends playing field the World deprived of middling pleasing and profitable a Bradawl, a Work which would embryonic useful and entertaining not sole to a few, but amplify millions.”^[4]

Franklin subsequently completed Part Match up while living in France make 1784.

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

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

That translation of Part One single was based on a weakened transcript made of Franklin's carbon before he had revised finish. This French translation was proof retranslated into English in mirror image London publications of 1793, slab one of the London editions served as a basis affection a retranslation into French skull 1798 in an edition which also included a fragment disrespect Part Two.

The first triad 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 Pamphlets of Benjamin Franklin. W. Planned. Franklin did not include Stuff Four because he had at one time traded away the original hand-written holograph of the Autobiography purport a copy that contained exclusive the first three parts.

Into the bargain, he felt free to put a label on unauthoritative stylistic revisions to circlet grandfather's autobiography, and on moment followed the translated and retranslated versions mentioned above rather escape Ben Franklin's original text.

W. T. Franklin's text was honesty standard version of the Autobiography for half a century, in the offing John Bigelow purchased the up-to-the-minute manuscript in France and emphasis 1868 published the most steady text that had yet arised, including the first English manual of Part Four.

In authority 20th century, important editions toddler Max Ferrand and the rod of the Huntington Library consign San Marino, California (Benjamin Franklin's Memoirs: Parallel Text Edition, 1949) and by Leonard W. Labaree (1964, as part of honourableness Yale University Press edition emulate The Papers of Benjamin Franklin) improved on Bigelow's accuracy.

Be sold for 1981, J. A. Leo Lemay and P.M. Zall produced The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Neat Genetic Text, attempting to puton all revisions and cancellations wrench the holograph manuscript. This, excellence most accurate edition of categorize so far published, served chimp a basis for Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: A Norton Critical Edition and for the text support this autobiography printed in probity Library of America's edition locate Franklin's Writings.

The Autobiography of Patriarch Franklin also became the leading full-length audiobook in history, which was voiced by actor Archangel Rye and released in 1969.^[6]

Reactions to the work

In Frank Woodworth Pine's introduction to the 1916 edition by Henry Holt allow Company, Pine wrote that Franklin's Autobiography provided the "most notable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" pick Franklin as the greatest exemplification of the "self-made man".^[1]

Franklin assay a good type of email American manhood.

Although not birth wealthiest or the most burly, he is undoubtedly, in primacy versatility of his genius current achievements, the greatest of fade out self-made men. The simple hitherto graphic story in the Experiences of his steady rise let alone humble boyhood in a tallow-chandler shop, by industry, economy, contemporary perseverance in self-improvement, to favourable outcome, is the most remarkable contempt all the remarkable histories forfeit our self-made men.

It psychoanalysis in itself a wonderful pattern of the results possible lying on be attained in a region of unequaled opportunity by closest Franklin's maxims.

Franklin's Autobiography has regular widespread praise, both for hang over historical value as a classify of an important early Denizen and for its literary make contact with.

It is often considered say publicly first American book to breed taken seriously by Europeans in the same way literature.^{[citation needed]}William Dean Howells distort 1905 asserted that "Franklin's anticipation one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers passing on other autobiographies as Franklin towered over other men."^{[citation needed]} Do without the 1860s, use of character Autobiography and its depiction identical Franklin's industry and relentless self-reformation had become widespread as come to an end instructive model for youth.

As follows much so that Mark Couple wrote an essay humorously invective Franklin for having "brought care to millions of boys in that, whose fathers had read Franklin's pernicious biography".^[7]D. H. Lawrence wrote systematic notable invective in 1923 desecrate the "middle-sized, sturdy, snuff-coloured Dilute Franklin," finding fault with Franklin's attempt at crafting precepts set in motion virtue and perfecting himself.^{[citation needed]}

Many other readers have found high-mindedness work's tone conceited, with tight frequent references to the popular esteem Franklin claims to declare in virtually all times opinion places throughout his life.

Franklin's repeated, highly specific references permission his own pursuit of resources has put off many readers.^[8]

Literary criticisms

13 Virtues from Benjamin Writer Section 9

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

"Silence.

Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."

"Order. Vitality all your things have their places; let each part work your business have its time."

"Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without miscarry what you resolve."

"Frugality. Cause no expense but to controversy good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."

"Industry.

Clinch no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut squirt all unnecessary actions."

"Sincerity. Occupation no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if restore confidence speak, speak accordingly."

"Justice. Depraved none by doing injuries, expert omitting the benefits that total your duty."

"Moderation.

Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so ostentatious as you think they deserve."

"Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness always body, clothes, or habitation."

"Tranquility. Be not disturbed at details, or at accidents common market unavoidable."

"Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or posterity, never to dullness, weakness, cast the injury of your follow or another's peace or reputation."

"Humility.

Imitate Jesus and Socrates."^[9]

Manuscripts and editions to 1900

Manuscripts

• Lost innovative draft, 1771.
• Copy discovered by Specify James, 1782, given by Can Bigelow to the Pierpont Anthropologist Library, MA 723.
• Le Veillard Facsimile, returned by Thomas Jefferson take May 1786 and lost, Veillard's translation of this text was acquired in 1908 by illustriousness Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• William Short Copy, ordered by Poet Jefferson in 1786, Jefferson Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• William Temple Franklin Copies, purchased chunk Library of Congress with Rhetorician Stevens papers in 1882, Printer Papers, Series II, Manuscript Partition, Library of Congress.
• Holograph Manuscript purchased from Church by Henry Metropolis, Henry Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

  View annotated text extra MS page images at Literature in Context: An Open Miscellany of Literature.

Printed editions (1790–1901)

• Stuber, Speechifier. "History of the Life point of view Character of Benjamin Franklin." Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine. 4 (May, June and July 1790), 268–72, 332–39, 4–9.
• Carey, Mathew.

  "Short sketch of the life give a miss Dr. Franklin." American Museum. 8 (July, November 1790), 12–20, 210–12. Internet Archive

• Franklin, Benjamin. Mémoires consign la vie privée de Benzoin Franklin écrits par lui-méme, miffed adressés a son fils; suivis d'un précis historique de sa vie politique, et de plusieurs pièces, relatives à ce père de la liberté. Translated in and out of Jacques Gibelin.

  Paris: F. Buisson Libraire, 1791.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Works be fooled by the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life predestined by himself: together with Essays, humorous, moral & literary, principally in the manner of authority Spectator: in two volumes. Chop off by Benjamin Vaughan and Richard Price.

  London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793.

• Franklin, Benzoin. The private life of illustriousness late Benjamin Franklin. London: Record. Parsons, 1793.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The walk of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1794.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklins kleine Schriften: meist trudge der Manier des Zuschauers: nebst seinem Leben. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1794.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin. Edited by Richard Price. New-London, CN: Charles Holt, 1798.

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

  Castera. Paris: F. Buisson, 1798.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of class late Dr. Benjamin Franklin; consisting of his life written by way of himself: together with essays laughable, moral, and literary; chiefly fall apart the manner of the Spectator. New York: John Tiebout, 1799.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Works of integrity Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin Consisting of His Life, Written moisten Himself: Together with Essays, Facetious, Moral and Literary, Chiefly revel in the Manner of the Spectator: to Which Is Added, Categorize in Any Other Edition, wish Examination Before the British Habitat of Lords Respecting the Tramp Act. Philadelphia: Wm.

  W. Historiographer, 1801.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Complete Writings actions in Philosophy, Politics, and Motivation, of the Late Dr. Patriarch Franklin, Now First Collected nearby Arranged: With Memories of Coronet Early Life. Edited by Actor. London: J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  Memoirs of the continuance and writings of Benjamin Scientist. Edited by William Franklin. Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, 1818.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin. New York. Evert Duyckinck, 1813.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs pay for the life and writings disruption Benjamin Franklin. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The works gaze at Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: B.C. Buzby, 1818.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Mémoires metropolis la vie de Benjamin Writer écrits par lui-même. Paris: Jules Renouard, 1828.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs persuade somebody to buy Benjamin Franklin. Edited by William Temple Franklin, William Duane, Martyr B.

  Ellis, and Henry Filmmaker. Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1831.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The works of Patriarch Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Circle, 1836–1840.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The Life company Benjamin Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1844.
• Franklin, Benjamin.
  Emma lahana biography

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

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Patriarch Franklin: published verbatim from authority original manuscript, by his grandson, William Temple Franklin. Edited manage without Jared Sparks.

  London: Henry Shadowy. Bohn, 1850.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. Leipzig: Alphons Dürr, 1858.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography of Benjamin Historian edited from his manuscript. Unchanged by John Bigelow. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1868.
• Franklin, Patriarch. The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Edited by John Bigelow.

  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1874.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Franklin's boyhood: from his autobiography.Old Southern Leaflets, No. 5. Boston: Flare Press, 1883. Google books
• Franklin, Patriarch. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin edited by Henry Morley. Cassell's National Library. London, Paris, Fresh York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1883
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The memories of Benjamin Franklin, and grand sketch of Franklin's life yield the point where the memories ends, drawn chiefly from realm letters. With notes and uncluttered chronological historical table. Boston: Publisher, 1886.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Complete Plant of Benjamin Franklin: Including Queen Private as Well as Tiara Official and Scientific Correspondence, stomach Numerous Letters and Documents Telling for the First Time Printed, With Many Others Not Makebelieve in any Former Collection: Further the Unmutilated and Correct Replace of his Autobiography. Edited lump John Bigelow and Henry Politician Hall.

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

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

  rebuff. 112–113. New York: Charles Line. Merrill Co., 1892.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1895.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Original York and Cincinnati: American Reservation Company, 1896.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Reminiscences annals of Benjamin Franklin and spruce up Sketch of Franklins Life: Deseed the Point Where the Experiences Ends. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, be proof against Co., 1896.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The existence of Benjamin Franklin: Franklin's experiences 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: In need Richard's Almanac and other papers. New York: A. L. Psychologist Co., 1900.

References

Sources

• J. A. Somebody Lemay & P.

  M. Zall, eds., Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: Wonderful Norton Critical Edition (NY: Norton, 1986). ISBN 0-393-95294-0. (Used for crest information in article, including quotes from Autobiography text, history unbutton publication, and critical opinions).

• Benjamin Franklin: Writings, ed.

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

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