Complete Benjamin Frankilin Biogrpahy
Complete Benjamin Frankilin Biogrpahy
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah Franklin was the father of 17 children. Benjamin’s father wanted him to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send Benjamin to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young boy Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was demanding work. At the age 12 Benjamin began selling their products in the streets.
When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston. The people aboard only readied most of the newspaper at that time. James's paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules. Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him. So Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. Benjamin would sneak the letters under the print shop door at night so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They were a smash hit, and everyone wanted to know who was the real "Silence Dogood."
After 16 letters, Benjamin confessed that he had been writing the letters. While James's friends thought Benjamin was quite precocious and funny, James discipline his brother and was very jealous of the intention paid to him. James was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin was left to run the paper for several issues. After he was release from jail, James was not grateful to Benjamin for keeping the paper's going. Instead he kept harassing his younger brother. Benjamin could not take it and decided to left in 1723.
Benjamin Franklin runs to Philadelphia by boat even though he was born in New York. Franklin meet a lady named Deborah Read who befriended him. Franklin found work as an apprentice printer. He did so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would...