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Title: Benjamin Franklin

Author: Paul Elmer More

Release Date: July 22, 2009 [EBook #29482]

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The Riverside Biographical Series

1. ANDREW JACKSON, by W. G. BROWN.
2. JAMES B. EADS, by LOUIS HOW.
3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by PAUL E. MORE.
4. PETER COOPER, by R. W. RAYMOND.
5. THOMAS JEFFERSON, by H. C. MERWIN.
6. WILLIAM PENN, by GEORGE HODGES.
7. GENERAL GRANT, by WALTER ALLEN.
8. LEWIS AND CLARK, by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON.
9. JOHN MARSHALL, by JAMES B. THAYER.
10. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by CHAS. A. CONANT.
11. WASHINGTON IRVING, by H. W. BOYNTON.
12. PAUL JONES, by HUTCHINS HAPGOOD.
13. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, by W. G. BROWN.
14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, by H. D. SEDGWICK, Jr.

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The Riverside Biographical Series

NUMBER 3

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

By

PAUL ELMER MORE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY PAUL E. MORE
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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. EARLY DAYS IN BOSTON 1

II. BEGINNINGS IN PHILADELPHIA AND FIRST VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 22

III. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.--THE JUNTO 37

IV. THE SCIENTIST AND PUBLIC CITIZEN IN PHILADELPHIA 52

V. FIRST AND SECOND MISSIONS TO ENGLAND 85

VI. MEMBER OF CONGRESS--ENVOY TO FRANCE 109

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

I

EARLY DAYS IN BOSTON

When the report of Franklin's death reached Paris, he received, among
other marks of respect, this significant honor by one of the
revolutiona