In 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, this very important person in our country’s history was born. Franklin was the tenth son of seventeen children. He did not come from a very wealthy family. His father was a poor soap and candle maker that owned who owned his own trade shop. Franklin learned how to right and read at an early age. He attended one year of formal grammar and one year under a private teacher. He ended his education at the age of twelve to learn a trade.

Franklin became a printer’s apprentice to his older half -brother James who also owned his own trade shop. Franklin soon began to teach himself how to read and write effectively (“Franklin, Benjamin.” Britannica. 531). When Franklin worked for his brother he started publishing his first works. At the age of sixteen, Franklin set off on his own.

Franklin left his home and went to Philadelphia. With his acquired skills as an expert printer, he soon found work and then later set up his own thriving print shop.

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