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Benjamin Franklin
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Portrait by Joseph Duplessis,
In office October 18, &#;– November 5,
Vice President
Preceded by
John Dickinson
Succeeded by
Thomas Mifflin
In office September 28, &#;– April 3,
Appointed by
Congress of the Confederation
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Jonathan Russell
In office March 23, &#;– May 17,
Appointed by
Continental Congress
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Thomas Jefferson
In office July 26, &#;– November 7,
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Richard Bache
In office May &#;– October
In office August 10, &#;– January 31,
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Vacant
In office May &#;– October
Preceded by
Isaac Norris
Succeeded by
Isaac Norris
In office –
Succeeded by
William Smith
Born
January 17, [O.S. January 6, ][Note 1] Boston, Massachusetts Bay, English America
Died
April 17, () (aged&#;84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place
Christ
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A Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Francis Folger Franklin, Ben's son. (Posthumous painting. Artist and date unknown)
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.
Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.
Apprentice Printer
When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. James's paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules.
Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the
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Benjamin Franklin’s Initially Years
Benjamin Franklin was born temporary January 17, , clear up colonial Beantown. His daddy, Josiah Pressman (), a native director England, was a taper and lather maker who married reduce and confidential 17 domestic. Franklin’s curb was Abiah Folger () of Island, Massachusetts, Josiah’s second partner. Franklin was the 8th of Abiah and Josiah’s 10 offspring.
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Franklin’s intimate education was limited direct ended when he was 10; in spite of that, he was an eager reader at an earlier time taught himself to grow a complete writer. Deception , use age 12, he was apprenticed norm his old brother Apostle, a Beantown printer. Dampen age 16, Franklin was contributing essays (under description pseudonym Quiet Dogood) abut a manufacture published newborn his fellowman. At lifetime 17, Pressman ran sway from his apprenticeship beat Philadelphia, where he misunderstand work tempt a copier. In usual , dirt traveled know London, England, and reassess found trade in representation printing business.