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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born at Boston, on the 17th of January, 1706. His father... Benjamin, had fled the persecution of puritans by Charles II of England. At an early age, young Franklin was recognized to have a higher than average inteligence, and thus was sent to grammar school for an education. He soon gained the reputation of "industrious habits, and respectable genius" as put by John Vinci in his adaptation of The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin.
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The father of an apprentice at Samuel Keimer's print shop decided to back his son and Benjamin in starting their own print shop. The son soon sold his share, and Benjamin Franklin was left with his own business at the age of twenty-four. He anonymous printed a pamphlet on "The Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency" calling attention to the need for paper money in Pennsylvania, and succeeded in winning the contract to print the money.
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BIOGRAPHY presents the life story of Benjamin Franklin and his influence on the American Revolution, scientific discovery, literature, and foreign diplomacy. It combines an overview of Franklin's personal, political and commercial experiences, and how those experiences contributed to Franklin's position as a Founding Father and as an American diplomat abroad, before, during and after the Revolution.
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