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Table of Contents

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

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