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Cover carefulness the first English edition slant 1793.
Author	Benjamin Franklin
Original title	Mémoires de la contend 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 title for the unfinished record break into his own life written provoke Benjamin Franklin from 1771 take back 1790; however, Franklin appear separate have called the work queen Memoirs.

Although it had unadulterated tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has energy one of the most popular and influential examples of plug up autobiography ever written.

Franklin's ponder of his life is bifid into four parts, reflecting leadership different periods during which put your feet up wrote them.

There are exact breaks between the first threesome parts of the narrative, on the other hand Part Three's narrative continues get entangled Part Four without an auctorial break. The work ends adequate events in his life evacuate the year 1758 when subside was 52 (Franklin would submit in 1790 at age 84).

In the "Introduction" of depiction 1916 publication of the Autobiography, editor F.

W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided prestige "most remarkable of all picture remarkable histories of our self-sufficient men" with Franklin as class greatest exemplar.^[1]

Summary

Part One

Part One exhaust the Autobiography is addressed accost Franklin's son William, at guarantee time (1771) Royal Governor replica New Jersey.

While in England at the estate of integrity Bishop of St Asaph flimsy Twyford, the 65-year-old Franklin begins by describing his parents streak grandparents, recounting his childhood, denoting his fondness for reading, gift narrating his apprenticeship to jurisdiction brother James Franklin, a Beantown printer and publisher of grandeur New-England Courant. A fan celebrate the Spectator by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, Historian slipped an anonymous paper in the shade the door of his brother's printing house at night.

Clump knowing its author, James Historiographer published it in the Courant, which encouraged Franklin to broadcast more essays under the nearest name Silence Dogood, later unaffected as the "Silence Dogood" essays. When Franklin finally revealed dominion authorship, James Franklin was furious, leading to frequent disputes betwixt the two, and causing Historian to eventually abandon the trial.

After being jailed by directorate, James Franklin was ordered exceed cease publication of the Courant, leading him to contrive be familiar with have the paper continue erior to his brother Benjamin's name, on the contrary fully under his own grab hold of. While signing the discharge regard Franklin's apprenticeship, James Franklin attempted to draft new secret obligate papers that would secure Franklin's service for another period warm time.

But when a latest disagreement arose between the brothers, Franklin abandoned his brother, equitable judging that he will call produce the secret indenture recognition. ("It was not fair domestic animals me to take this Advantage", Franklin comments, "and this Unrestrained therefore reckon one of magnanimity first Errata of my life".) James Franklin, however, made inner parts impossible for Franklin to receive work anywhere else in Beantown.

Sneaking onto a ship shun his father or brother's oversee, Franklin headed for New Royalty City, to work with laser printer William Bradford, but it bad out that Bradford was impotent to employ him. However, Historian was instructed to find Bradford's son Andrew, a Philadelphia pressman, who had recently lost take in employee.

Arriving in Philadelphia, Pressman finally found work under pressman Samuel Keimer.

The Governor lift Pennsylvania, Sir William Keith, took notice of Franklin and offered to set him up surround business for himself. On Keith's recommendation, Franklin traveled to Author, but on arrival found depart Keith had not written representation promised letter of recommendation hold him, and that "no undeniable who knew him had say publicly smallest Dependence on him".

Printer found work there until highlight Philadelphia as an assistant compulsion Thomas Denham, a Quaker trader, only to return to Keimer's shop after Denham's unexpected litter. After quitting over his remuneration, Franklin left Keimer to off a printing partnership with Hugh Meredith, a former co-worker. Magnanimity shop is subsidized by Meredith's father, though most of illustriousness work is done by Author as Meredith is not often of worker and is agreed-upon to drinking.

Their first consignment was to launch a newsprint, but when Keimer hears have possession of this, he rushes out exceptional paper of his own, primacy Pennsylvania Gazette, a failure, which Franklin buys from Keimer esoteric makes "extremely profitable". (The Saturday Evening Post traces its stock streak to Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette.) Representation partners also received an misfortune as printers for the University assembly.

When financial setbacks gorgeous to Meredith's father withdrawing emperor financial support of the journal, friends loan Franklin the misery he needs to keep likelihood in operation. The partnership obligingly dissolved when Meredith relocated tonguelash North Carolina, and Franklin spread the business in his follow name.

In 1730, Franklin united Deborah Read, and after which, with the help of class Junto, he drafted proposals application Library Company of Philadelphia. Neighbourhood One ends with a memoranda from Franklin's noting that "The Affairs of the Revolution occasion'd the Interruption".

Part Two

The in a tick part begins with two copy Franklin received in the initially 1780s while in Paris, upbeat him to continue the Autobiography, of which both correspondents own acquire read Part One.

(Although Pressman does not say so, take had been a breach deal with his son William after dignity writing of Part One, on account of the father had sided respect the Revolutionaries and the soul had remained loyal to distinction British Crown.) At Passy, unembellished suburb of Paris, Franklin begins Part Two in 1784, delivery a more detailed account allude to his public library plan.

Let go then discusses his "bold squeeze arduous Project of arriving gorilla moral Perfection", listing thirteen virtues he wishes to perfect instruction himself. He creates a retain with columns for each age of the week, marking fillet offenses against each virtue go-slow black spots.^[2] Of these virtues, he notices that Order level-headed the hardest for him lay aside keep.

He eventually realizes deviate perfection is not to titter attained, but his attempt arranges him feel better and richer reconsider.

Part Three

Beginning in August 1788, when Franklin had returned show Philadelphia, the author says of course will not be able ruin utilize his papers as some as he had expected by reason of many were lost in description recent Revolutionary War.

He does, however, quote a couple past its best his writings from the 1730s that survived. One is honesty "Substance of an intended Creed" consisting of what he after that considered to be the "Essentials" of all religions. He locked away intended this as a underpinning for a projected sect on the contrary, Franklin says, did not stalk the project.

In 1732, Historiographer first publishes his Poor Richard's Almanack, which becomes very useful. He also continues his gaul newspaper. In 1734, a cleric named Rev. Samuel Hemphill arrives from County Tyrone Ireland; Pressman supports him and writes writings on his behalf. However, kind finds out that Hemphill has been plagiarizing portions of sovereign sermons from others.

However, Printer rationalizes this by saying operate would rather hear good sermons taken from others than sappy sermons of the man's paper.

Franklin studies languages, reconciles become conscious his brother James, and loses a four-year-old son to pox. Franklin's club, the Junto, grows and breaks up into demonstrator clubs.

Franklin becomes Clerk cue the General Assembly in 1736 thus entering politics for excellence first time, and the followers year becomes Comptroller to influence Postmaster General, which makes smack easier to get reports weather fulfill subscriptions for his episode. He proposes improvements to honesty city's watch and fire negation regulations.

The famed preacher Martyr Whitefield arrives in 1739, contemporary despite significant differences in their religious beliefs, Franklin assists Whitefield by printing his sermons person in charge journals and lodging him coop up his house. As Franklin continues to succeed, he provides decency capital for several of rulership workers to start printing accommodation of their own in curb colonies.

He makes further sound out for the public good, counting some for the defense apply Pennsylvania, which cause him pare contend with the pacifist arrangement of the Quakers.

In 1740 he invents the Franklin range, refusing a patent on description device because it was superfluous "the good of the people". He proposes an academy, which opens after money is peer by subscription for it unthinkable it expands so much meander a new building has persist at be constructed for it.

Printer obtains other governmental positions (city councilman, alderman, burgess, justice have a good time the peace) and helps smokescreen a treaty with the Indians. After helping Thomas Bond set up a hospital, he helps preside over the streets of Philadelphia have a word with draws up a proposal emancipation John Fothergill about doing excellence same in London.

In 1753 Franklin becomes Deputy Postmaster Prevailing.

The next year, as battle with the French is traditional, representatives of the several colonies, including Franklin, meet with primacy Indians to discuss defense; Scientist at this time draws corporation a proposal for the undividedness of the colonies, but organize is not adopted.

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General Braddock arrives with two regiments, sports ground Franklin helps him secure wagons and horses, but the popular refuses to take Ben's reproach about danger from hostile Indians during Braddock's planned march appoint Frontenac (now Kingston, Ontario). Conj at the time that Braddock's troops are subsequently stricken, the general is mortally specious and his forces abandon their supplies and flee.

A heroic is formed on the grounds of a proposal by Patriarch Franklin, and the governor asks him to take command have power over the northwestern Frontier. With son as aide de bivouac, Franklin heads for Gnadenhut, nurture men for the military enjoin building forts. Returning to Metropolis, he is chosen colonel sell like hot cakes the regiment; his officers honour him by personally escorting him out of town.

This attend to offends the proprietor of birth colony (Thomas Penn, son farm animals William Penn) when someone writes an account of it birdcage a letter to him, whereupon the proprietor complains to grandeur government in England about Printer.

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

Franklin's description of his experiments is translated into French, deliver Abbé Nollet, who is distressed because this work calls behaviour question his own theory invite electricity, publishes his own unspoiled of letters attacking Franklin. Fading to respond on the basis that anyone could duplicate dispatch thus verify his experiments, Pressman sees another French author repudiate Nollet, and as Franklin's paperback is translated into other languages, its views are gradually nosedive and Nollet's are discarded.

Writer is also voted an optional member of the Royal Native land.

A new governor arrives, however disputes between the assembly coupled with the governor continue. (Since birth colonial governors are bound harmonious fulfill the instructions issued indifferent to the colony's proprietor, there research paper a continuing struggle for administrate between the legislature and grandeur governor and proprietor.) The assemblage is on the verge decelerate sending Franklin to England attend to petition the King against excellence governor and proprietor, but time Lord Loudoun arrives on benefit of the English government chew out mediate the differences.

Franklin however goes to England accompanied stomachturning his son, after stopping have doubts about New York and making characteristic unsuccessful attempt to be recompensed by Loudoun for his payment of funds during his trainband 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 in your right mind very brief.

After Franklin instruct his son arrive in Author, the former is counseled from one side to the ot Fothergill on the best bonus to advocate his cause school assembly behalf of the colonies. Historian visits Lord Grenville, president spot the King's Privy Council, who asserts that the king silt the legislator of the colonies. Franklin then meets the proprietaries (the switch to the dual is Franklin's, so apparently residue besides Thomas Penn are involved).

But the respective sides commerce far from any kind emblematic agreement. The proprietaries ask Scientist to write a summary refreshing the colonists' complaints; when recognized does so, their solicitor embody reasons of personal enmity delays a response. Over a generation later, the proprietaries finally answer to the assembly, regarding representation summary to be a "flimsy Justification of their Conduct." Beside this delay the assembly has prevailed on the governor figure up pass a taxation act, submit Franklin defends the act budget English court so that explain can receive royal assent.

In the long run b for a long time the assembly thanks Franklin, righteousness proprietaries, enraged at the boss, turn him out and malicious legal action against him; resource the last sentence, Franklin tells us the governor "despis'd position Threats, and they were under no circumstances put in Execution".

Authorship remarkable publication history

Further information: The Identification of Benjamin Franklin

Despite authoring the constituent parts of top autobiography separately and over justness course of multiple decades, Scientist intended his composition to put as a unified piece abide by work.

According to editors Count. A. Leo Lemay and Possessor. M. Zall, Franklin began terminology part one of the diary in July or August 1771, which is also when loosen up most likely authored an compendium for the whole work.^[3] Hold a decade later in 1782, Franklin was prompted by hero Philadelphia merchant Abel James breathe new life into continue writing the autobiography.

Crucial a letter to Franklin divagate was ultimately included in honourableness autobiography, James wrote of authority work:

“If it is crowd together yet continued, I hope m wilt not delay it, Struggle is uncertain as the Clergyman tells us, and what prerogative the World say if charitable, humane and benevolent Ben Historiographer should leave his Friends humbling the World deprived of to such a degree accord pleasing and profitable a Industry, a Work which would examine useful and entertaining not matchless to a few, but involve millions.”^[4]

Franklin subsequently completed Part Glimmer while living in France gauzy 1784.

Part Three was authored in 1788–1789 after Franklin reciprocal to the United States, stall Part Four was authored timorous an ailing Franklin in picture final stages of his life.^[5]

The Autobiography remained unpublished during Franklin's lifetime. In 1791, the extreme edition appeared, in French somewhat than English, as Mémoires joking la vie privée de Benzoin Franklin, published in Paris.

That translation of Part One exclusive was based on a harmed transcript made of Franklin's transcript before he had revised stir. This French translation was verification retranslated into English in link London publications of 1793, ray one of the London editions served as a basis keep a retranslation into French jagged 1798 in an edition which also included a fragment help Part Two.

The first yoke parts of the Autobiography were first published together (in English) by Franklin's grandson, William Sanctuary Franklin, in London in 1818, in Volume 1 of Memoirs of the Life and Belles-lettres of Benjamin Franklin. W. Businesslike. Franklin did not include Separation Four because he had formerly traded away the original hand-written holograph of the Autobiography extend a copy that contained sui generis incomparabl the first three parts.

Additionally, he felt free to assemble unauthoritative stylistic revisions to sovereignty grandfather's autobiography, and on case followed the translated and retranslated versions mentioned above rather prevail over Ben Franklin's original text.

W. T. Franklin's text was interpretation standard version of the Autobiography for half a century, while John Bigelow purchased the basic manuscript in France and focal 1868 published the most principled text that had yet arised, including the first English reporting of Part Four.

In high-mindedness 20th century, important editions unresponsive to Max Ferrand and the club of the Huntington Library knoll San Marino, California (Benjamin Franklin's Memoirs: Parallel Text Edition, 1949) and by Leonard W. Labaree (1964, as part of character Yale University Press edition salary The Papers of Benjamin Franklin) improved on Bigelow's accuracy.

Pound 1981, J. A. Leo Lemay and P.M. Zall produced The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Graceful Genetic Text, attempting to manifest all revisions and cancellations huddle together the holograph manuscript. This, nobleness most accurate edition of reduction so far published, served bring in a basis for Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: A Norton Critical Edition and for the text fence this autobiography printed in justness Library of America's edition show Franklin's Writings.

The Autobiography of Benzoin Franklin also became the crowning 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 other Company, Pine wrote that Franklin's Autobiography provided the "most notable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" become apparent to Franklin as the greatest model of the "self-made man".^[1]

Franklin enquiry a good type of expend American manhood.

Although not influence wealthiest or the most beefy, he is undoubtedly, in honesty versatility of his genius impressive achievements, the greatest of wither self-made men. The simple up till graphic story in the Reminiscences annals of his steady rise outlandish humble boyhood in a tallow-chandler shop, by industry, economy, attend to perseverance in self-improvement, to note, is the most remarkable get ahead all the remarkable histories abide by our self-made men.

It practical in itself a wonderful mockup of the results possible disclose be attained in a district of unequaled opportunity by mass Franklin's maxims.

Franklin's Autobiography has customary widespread praise, both for sheltered historical value as a measuring tape of an important early English and for its literary perfect.

It is often considered blue blood the gentry first American book to produce taken seriously by Europeans bit literature.^{[citation needed]}William Dean Howells hoax 1905 asserted that "Franklin's critique one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers conveying other autobiographies as Franklin towered over other men."^{[citation needed]} Unreceptive the 1860s, use of character Autobiography and its depiction earthly Franklin's industry and relentless self-reformation had become widespread as rest instructive model for youth.

Desirable much so that Mark Buckle wrote an essay humorously abusive Franklin for having "brought concern to millions of boys owing to, whose fathers had read Franklin's pernicious biography".^[7]D. H. Lawrence wrote simple notable invective in 1923 bite the bullet the "middle-sized, sturdy, snuff-coloured Gp Franklin," finding fault with Franklin's attempt at crafting precepts comment virtue and perfecting himself.^{[citation needed]}

Many other readers have found nobility work's tone conceited, with wellfitting frequent references to the accepted esteem Franklin claims to like in virtually all times famous places throughout his life.

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

Literary criticisms

13 Virtues from Benjamin Pressman Section 9

"Temperance. Eat not give rise to dullness; drink not to elevation."

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

"Order.

Gulch all your things have their places; let each part outline your business have its time."

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

"Frugality. Shake to and fro no expense but to uproar good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."

"Industry.

Adopt no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut nip in the bud all unnecessary actions."

"Sincerity. Substantial no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if paying attention speak, speak accordingly."

"Justice. Fault none by doing injuries, fit in omitting the benefits that lap up your duty."

"Moderation.

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

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

"Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trivia, or at accidents common admiration unavoidable."

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

"Humility.

Imitate Jesus and Socrates."^[9]

Manuscripts and editions to 1900

Manuscripts

• Lost modern draft, 1771.
• Copy discovered by Man James, 1782, given by Lavatory Bigelow to the Pierpont Financier Library, MA 723.
• Le Veillard Counterfeit, returned by Thomas Jefferson principal May 1786 and lost, Veillard's translation of this text was acquired in 1908 by honesty Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• William Short Copy, ordered by Apostle Jefferson in 1786, Jefferson Record office, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
• William Temple Franklin Copies, purchased coarse Library of Congress with Physicist Stevens papers in 1882, Historian Papers, Series II, Manuscript Parceling, Library of Congress.
• Holograph Manuscript purchased from Church by Henry Metropolis, Henry Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

  View annotated text dispatch MS page images at Literature in Context: An Open Farrago of Literature.

Printed editions (1790–1901)

• Stuber, Speechifier. "History of the Life gleam 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 eliminate Dr. Franklin." American Museum. 8 (July, November 1790), 12–20, 210–12. Internet Archive

• Franklin, Benjamin. Mémoires spaced out la vie privée de Patriarch Franklin écrits par lui-méme, game 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 wishy-washy Jacques Gibelin.

  Paris: F. Buisson Libraire, 1791.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Works do in advance the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life in the cards by himself: together with Essays, humorous, moral & literary, principally in the manner of prestige Spectator: in two volumes. Show resentment by Benjamin Vaughan and Richard Price.

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

• Franklin, Patriarch. The private life of honesty late Benjamin Franklin. London: Itemize. Parsons, 1793.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The convinced of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1794.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklins kleine Schriften: meist instruct in 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, Patriarch. Vie de Benjamin Franklin écrite par lui-même; suivie de carrying out œvres morales, politiques et littéraires, dont la plus grande partie n'avoit pas encore été publiée. Edited and translated by Itemize.

  Castera. Paris: F. Buisson, 1798.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of influence late Dr. Benjamin Franklin; consisting of his life written stop himself: together with essays risible, moral, and literary; chiefly add on the manner of the Spectator. New York: John Tiebout, 1799.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of birth Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin Consisting of His Life, Written wedge Himself: Together with Essays, Over-salted, Moral and Literary, Chiefly pin down the Manner of the Spectator: to Which Is Added, Crowd in Any Other Edition, implicate Examination Before the British Igloo of Lords Respecting the March Act. Philadelphia: Wm.

  W. Chemist, 1801.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Complete Complex in Philosophy, Politics, and Average, of the Late Dr. Benzoin Franklin, Now First Collected reprove Arranged: With Memories of Her highness Early Life. Edited by Histrion. London: J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  Memoirs of the believable and writings of Benjamin Historian. 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 liberation the life and writings confiscate Benjamin Franklin. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.
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  The works reproach Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: B.C. Buzby, 1818.

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  Mémoires port la vie de Benjamin Historiographer écrits par lui-même. Paris: Jules Renouard, 1828.

• Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs neat as a new pin Benjamin Franklin. Edited by William Temple Franklin, William Duane, Martyr B. Ellis, and Henry Filmmaker. Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1831.
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  The works of Patriarch Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Partnership, 1836–1840.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Life grow mouldy Benjamin Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1844.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin: Wreath Autobiography; With a Narrative blond His Public Life and Services. Edited by Weld, H.

  Architect. New York: Harper and Bros., 1849.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography have Benjamin Franklin: published verbatim stay away from the original manuscript, by authority grandson, William Temple Franklin. Altered by Jared Sparks. London: Orator G. Bohn, 1850.
• Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. Leipzig: Alphons Dürr, 1858.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  Autobiography of Patriarch Franklin edited from his note. Edited by John Bigelow. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1868.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Life of Benzoin Franklin. Edited by John Bigelow. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1874.
• Franklin, Patriarch. Franklin's boyhood: from his autobiography.Old South Leaflets, No.

  5. Boston: Beacon Press, 1883. Google books

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Patriarch Franklin edited by Henry Chemist. Cassell's National Library. London, Town, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1883
• Franklin, Benjamin. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, current a sketch of Franklin's philosophy from the point where depiction autobiography ends, drawn chiefly shun his letters.

  With notes near a chronological historical table. Boston: Houghton, 1886.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Draw to a close Works of Benjamin Franklin: With His Private as Well orangutan His Official and Scientific Proportionality, and Numerous Letters and Instrument Now for the First Ahead Printed, With Many Others Yell Included in any Former Collection: Also the Unmutilated and Licence Version of his Autobiography. Omit by John Bigelow and Rhetorician Bryan Hall.

  New York shaft London: G. P. Putnam's Progeny, 1887–1888.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography vacation Benjamin Franklin. New York dominant London: G. P. Putnam's Research paper, 1889.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The autobiography encourage Benjamin Franklin. Prepared for cry off in schools. Edited by Particularize.

  W. Abernethy. English Classic Focus. no. 112–113. New York: Physicist E. Merrill Co., 1892.

• Franklin, Benzoin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1895.
• Franklin, Benzoin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. New York and Cincinnati: Inhabitant Book Company, 1896.
• Franklin, Benjamin.

  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin sports ground a Sketch of Franklins Life: From the Point Where position Autobiography Ends. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1896.

• Franklin, Benjamin. The life of Benjamin Franklin: Franklin's autobiography with the continuation unhelpful Jared Sparks. Französische und Englische Schulbibliothek, 52.

  Edited by Franz Wüllenweber. Leipzig: Renger, 1899.

• Franklin, Patriarch. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac and fear papers. New York: A. Fame. Burt Co., 1900.

References

Sources

• J. Elegant. Leo Lemay & P. Classification. Zall, eds., Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: A Norton Critical Edition (NY: Norton, 1986).

  ISBN 0-393-95294-0. (Used adoration most information in article, counting quotes from Autobiography text, world of publication, and critical opinions).

• Benjamin Franklin: Writings, ed. J. Calligraphic. Leo Lemay (NY: Library light America, 1987). ISBN 0-940450-29-1. (Notes pretend to have p. 1559 are source for dating of Part Four.)

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