# The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Editor] Genre: Harvard Classics Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Autobiography+of+Benjamin+Franklin+Franklin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the "New England Courant." To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadelphia, where he arrived in October, 1723. He soon obtained work as a printer, but after a few months he was induced by Governor Keith to go to London, where, finding Keith'... ## Chapters - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-148/chapters/16/index.md)