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  1. Title Page
  2. Imprint
  3. Introduction
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
  6. I Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston
  7. II Beginning Life as a Printer
  8. III Arrival in Philadelphia
  9. IV First Visit to Boston
  10. V Early Friends in Philadelphia
    1. VI First Visit to London
    2. VII Beginning Business in Philadelphia
      1. VIII Business Success and First Public Service
  11. IX Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection
  12. X Poor Richard’s Almanac and Other Activities
  13. XI Interest in Public Affairs
  14. XII Defense of the Province
  15. XIII Public Services and Duties (1749⁠–⁠1753)
  16. XIV Albany Plan of Union
  17. XV Quarrels With the Proprietary Governors
  18. XVI Braddock’s Expedition
  19. XVII Franklin’s Defense of the Frontier
  20. XVIII Scientific Experiments
  21. XIX Agent of Pennsylvania in London
  22. Endnotes
  23. Colophon
  24. Uncopyright

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
was written between 1771 and 1790 by
Benjamin Franklin.

This ebook was produced for the
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by
Alex Cabal,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2006 by
Turgut Dincer, Brian Sogard, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team
for
Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans available at
Google Books.

The cover page is adapted from
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin,
a painting completed in 1767 by
David Martin.
The cover and title pages feature the
League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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