![]() ![]() Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisherīenjamin Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1726, and two years later opened a printing shop. In late 1724, he traveled to London, England, and again found employment in the printing business. At age 17, Franklin ran away from his apprenticeship to Philadelphia, where he found work as a printer. ![]() By age 16, Franklin was contributing essays (under the pseudonym Silence Dogood) to a newspaper published by his brother. In 1718, at age 12, he was apprenticed to his older brother James, a Boston printer. Constitution (1787).įranklin’s formal education was limited and ended when he was 10 however, he was an avid reader and taught himself to become a skilled writer. Franklin was the eighth of Abiah and Josiah’s 10 offspring.ĭid you know? Benjamin Franklin is the only Founding Father to have signed all four of the key documents establishing the U.S.: the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Treaty of Alliance with France (1778), the Treaty of Paris establishing peace with Great Britain (1783) and the U.S. Franklin’s mother was Abiah Folger (1667-1752) of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Josiah’s second wife. His father, Josiah Franklin (1657-1745), a native of England, was a candle and soap maker who married twice and had 17 children. ![]() Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in colonial Boston. ![]()
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