Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17,
1706. He was the youngest son in a family of seventeen. His father was a
salesman of candles and soap. Because the Franklin family was poor, Ben
wasn't able to get much education. When he was ten years old, his father
took him o ....
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.... didn't keep his promise and Franklin was stranded in England.
Franklin spent a year and a half in England and worked in a few different
printing houses. He returned to Philadelphia and soon was back in the
printing business.
In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own
print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three children, two boys
and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of N ....
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