Project Gutenberg 2011-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 311 Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke) 1759 1825 Weems, Mason Locke The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers Produced by Brett Fishburne, Nikolay Fishburne, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Life of Benjamin Franklin" by M. L. Weems is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book explores the life and achievements of Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, highlighting his intellect, humor, and contributions to society. It delves into his early life, background, and the values instilled in him by his family, setting the stage for his later accomplishments and philosophies. The opening of the book introduces Franklin as the son of a humble tallow-chandler from Boston and describes his character as wise and philanthropic. Weems details Franklin's early education and his family's emphasis on learning, profiling influential relatives such as his industrious uncles who valued knowledge over leisure. The text narrates brief anecdotes from Franklin's youth, showcasing his ingenuity, his early love for literature, and the challenges he faced, including being taken out of school to work in his father's candle-making business, which fueled his desire for greater achievements. The narrative sets a rich backdrop of Franklin's formative years, outlining the foundations of his remarkable life and legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Statesmen -- United States -- Biography E300 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Category: Biographies Category: History - American 624260 2025-06-14T18:29:11.446324 text/html 620298 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 313445 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413180 2025-06-14T18:29:22.262289 application/epub+zip 425560 2025-06-14T18:29:14.298358 application/epub+zip 314828 2025-06-14T18:29:12.722408 application/epub+zip 700845 2025-06-14T18:29:27.812268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688924 2025-06-14T18:29:21.230289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569400 2022-09-16T15:09:08.015918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583716 2025-06-14T18:29:09.942331 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 583679 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229488 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 583674 2011-06-13T11:18:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229463 2011-06-13T11:18:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20591 2025-06-14T18:29:27.984254 application/rdf+xml 16693 2025-06-14T18:29:13.313356 image/jpeg 4290 2025-06-14T18:29:13.020394 image/jpeg 384534 2025-06-14T18:29:11.509348 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia