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    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790;...
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    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor...
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    Sarah Franklin Bache (September 11, 1743 – October 5, 1808), sometimes known as Sally Bache, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. She...
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    Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read...
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    Temple Franklin as a teenager was portrayed by Noah Jupe in the 2024 Apple TV+ Franklin (miniseries). Edited The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (London...
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    writings, and in particular, Franklin's autobiography. He considers The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, "by far the best" and "a model of scholarly editing". Biographer...
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    list of primary and secondary works by or about Benjamin Franklin, one of the principal Founding Fathers of the United States. Works about Franklin have...
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    and misinterpreted. Benjamin Franklin, after whom the effect is named, quoted what he described as an "old maxim" in his autobiography: "He that has once...
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  • CGM Benjamin Franklin, container cargo vessel Benjamin Franklin, one of the fireboats of Philadelphia, in service since 1950 The Autobiography of Benjamin...
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    Deborah Read Franklin (c. 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States...
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    Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) who kept a small private book, as detailed in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. A core technique of the Franklin Planner...
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    The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742. It had a hollow baffle near the rear (to transfer...
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  • Thomas Denham (category Year of birth missing)
    important role in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, as a father figure, friend, and benefactor who helps the young Benjamin Franklin during and after...
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    extra-marital son of Benjamin Franklin. William Franklin was the last colonial Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776), and a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American...
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    Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural...
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    The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science...
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    Albany Plan (redirect from The Albany Union)
    foundation for the current U.S. Constitution. Albany Congress J Black, Crisis of Empire (London 2008) p. 69 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Second Edition...
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    The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, located in the rotunda of the Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, features a large...
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  • The following is a list of notable autobiographies: Lists of books Published in English as Days on the Wing in 1934 and Flying In Flanders in 1971. This...
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    County. Retrieved 3 January 2013. Franklin, Benjamin (first published 1791). The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Chapter XIX. Online version: [1]...
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  • of regional words. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition, 2000), p. 1917. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin at...
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    Virtue (redirect from Unity of the virtues)
    York: Vintage. p. 26. Franklin, Benjamin (1791). "Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection". The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Jackson, Marc (16 September...
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  • library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant collections of historically valuable...
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  • Self-made man (category Culture of the United States)
    is of their own making. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, has been described[by whom?] as the greatest exemplar of the...
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    Carl Van Doren (category Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners)
    Doren Benjamin Franklin (1938), winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ISBN 978-0517625323 Jane Mecom: the Favorite Sister of Benjamin...
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    forming the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin, Benjamin (2006) [1791]. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. p. 80. Retrieved Apr 30, 2016. The Early Years:...
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    Abiah Folger (category Benjamin Franklin)
    Abiah Folger Franklin (August 15, 1667 – May 18, 1752) was the mother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. Abiah Folger was born...
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    the name "Brother Agonius" and assisted Beissel in running the community. Welfare was an acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin who, in his autobiography,...
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    Fredd Wayne (category United States Army personnel of World War II)
    television as a guest star, and portrayed Benjamin Franklin, originally in his one-man show Benjamin Franklin, Citizen, on television, recordings, and...
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    on Benjamin Franklin's own writings", the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1918. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin "The...
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