# Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Pine, Frank Woodworth, 1869- [Editor]; Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 [Illustrator]

Genre: Harvard Classics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20203

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Autobiography+of+Benjamin+Franklin+Franklin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I. Ancestry and Early Life in Boston 3 II. Beginning Life as a Printer 21 III. Arrival in Philadelphia 41 IV. First Visit to Boston 55 V. Early Friends in Philadelphia 69 VI. First Visit to London 77 VII. Beginning Business in Philadelphia 99 VIII. Business Success and First Public Service 126 IX. Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection 146 X. _Poor Richard's Almanac_ and Other Activities 169 XI. Interest in Public Affairs 188 XII. Defense of the Province 201 XIII. Public Services and Duties 217 XIV. Albany Plan of Union 241 XV. Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors 246 XVI. Braddock's Expedition 253 XVII. Franklin's Defense of the Frontier 274 XVIII. Scientific Experiments 289 XIX. Agent o...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-20203/chapters/19/index.md)