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Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin - Early): Samuel Keimer
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In 1732, Franklin first publishes his Poor Richard's Almanac, which becomes very successful. He ... continues his profitable newspaper. In 1734, a preacher named Rev. Samuel Hemphill arrives from County Tyrone Ireland; Franklin supports and writes pamphlets on behalf of him. However, someone finds that Hemphill has been plagiarizing portions of his sermons from others, although Franklin rationalizes this by saying he would rather hear good sermons taken from others than poor sermons of the man's own composition.
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After a stint managing Keimer's operation, Franklin set up his own print shop on Market Street in 1728. Though only 22 years old, Franklin had by this time accumulated a wealth of experience, which he describes in his autobiography.
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The study questions that are useful before students read Franklin depend entirely on the works that they have read previously. Since students in a historical survey of American literature usually approach Franklin after reading heavily in Puritan literature, ask questions that force students to confront the similarities and the differences between Franklin and his Puritan predecessors. If most students have had a British literature survey, ask questions that encourage them to pinpoint some of the similarities and differences between Franklin and such eighteenth-century writers as Swift, Defoe, and Samuel Johnson.
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