Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17,1706, Franklin was the tenth and youngest son. His family was of modest means and were not able to afford a formal education. Though they had little money, ideas flowed and Franklin was taught to read at a young age. He was a serious youth who taught himself to write. The young Franklin worked in his brother’s printing press “the brothers often quarreled and the younger Franklin a mere apprentice was often treated severely”(The 17th & 18th centuries 492). Politics and religion were discussed constantly a

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