Project Gutenberg 2011-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 111 Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke) 1759 1825 Weems, Mason Locke The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers Produced by Brett Fishburne, Nikolay Fishburne, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" by M. L. Weems is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book explores the life and achievements of Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, highlighting his intellect, humor, and contributions to society. It delves into his early life, background, and the values instilled in him by his family, setting the stage for his later accomplishments and philosophies. The opening of the book introduces Franklin as the son of a humble tallow-chandler from Boston and describes his character as wise and philanthropic. Weems details Franklin's early education and his family's emphasis on learning, profiling influential relatives such as his industrious uncles who valued knowledge over leisure. The text narrates brief anecdotes from Franklin's youth, showcasing his ingenuity, his early love for literature, and the challenges he faced, including being taken out of school to work in his father's candle-making business, which fueled his desire for greater achievements. The narrative sets a rich backdrop of Franklin's formative years, outlining the foundations of his remarkable life and legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Statesmen -- United States -- Biography E300 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 624127 623153 2024-09-15T11:19:51.223262 2023-09-16T05:06:07.605664 text/html text/html 620298 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 313445 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 390825 2024-09-15T11:20:00.549217 application/epub+zip 403459 2024-09-15T11:19:53.089256 application/epub+zip 292691 2024-09-15T11:19:52.031226 application/epub+zip 656826 2024-09-15T11:20:06.475173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644839 2024-09-15T11:19:59.726210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569400 2022-09-16T15:09:08.015918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583716 583588 2024-09-15T11:19:49.763255 2023-09-16T05:06:06.242620 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 583679 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229488 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 583674 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229463 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20347 2024-09-15T11:20:06.697149 application/rdf+xml 16696 2024-09-15T11:19:52.393223 image/jpeg 4300 2024-09-15T11:19:52.210227 image/jpeg 362811 2024-09-15T11:19:51.286274 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia