![]() ![]() ![]() While working under his brother, he read frequently, adopted a vegetarian diet, and submitted several anonymous pieces of writing to his brother’s newspaper, the New England Courant. Then Franklin begins the narrative of his life, how he was born in Boston in 1706, was briefly sent to grammar school around the age of eight, and eventually was apprenticed to his brother James Franklin as a printer.įrom his earliest childhood, reading was very important to Franklin as a means of self-improvement. He goes on to describe some of his relations, including his grandfather, Thomas Franklin Sr., and his father, Josiah Franklin. ![]() He says it may be useful to his posterity (offspring) but also he hopes to gratify his own vanity. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin begins with an explanation, addressed to Franklin’s son, William Franklin, concerning why Franklin has undertaken to write his life history. ![]()
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