Benjamin Franklin : his life

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pt. 1. Franklin's autobiography (1706-57). Franklin's ancestry, parentage, and youth

Franklin goes to Philadelphia

Franklin visits Boston, and goes to England

Franklin returns to Philadelphia, and sets up business for himself

Franklin establishes the Junto

Franklin begins the publication of The Pennsylvania gazette

Franklin's plan of life

Franklin chosen clerk of the legislature, and appointed Deputy Postmaster-General

Franklin chosen a member of the legislature

Franklin appointed Postmaster-General ; He draws up a plan for a union of the colonies

Franklin establishes the first permanent militia company in the colonies

Franklin's electrical experiments

Franklin appointed agent to represent the colony in England

pt. 2. Continuation of Franklin's life, from 1757 to his death in 1790. Franklin's first mission to England, 1757-1762

Franklin's two years' work at home, 1762-1764

Franklin's second mission to England, 1764-1775

Franklin and the beginning of the revolution, May 5, 1775 to Nov. 21, 1776

Franklin's mission to France, 1776-1785

Franklin and the constitution, 1785-1787

"The last of earth," 1787 to April 17, 1790