Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was one of the most talented and energetic people in history. He lived for almost 85 years, form 1706 to 1790. He was a printer, a writer, a newspaper publisher, a scientist, an inventor, and a leader of his country. In fact, Franklin helped to establish the new United States of America. Franklin was born in Boston, in the colony of ... to read newspapers and books, so he asked to work in a printing shop run by his brother. There, Ben learned how to set type, run a printing press, and write for a newspaper. When Franklin was 17, he quarreled with his broth...

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... all of the many inventions he made. He applied himself to everything he did ever since his early life. Ben worked and studied many subjects and even wrote articles for a newspaper he delivered, only at age fifteen. He had many major achievements and even when his life was ending he was still an influential man. His life inspired many historians of ... Grammar. He read many books that pushed him to master their prose style, and he became an expert essayist. When he was fifteen he delivered newspapers for his brother James's newspaper and he wrote articles for it at night. The paper was b...

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... all of the many inventions he made. He applied himself to everything he did ever since his early life. Ben worked and studied many subjects and even wrote articles for a newspaper he delivered, only at age fifteen. He had many major achievements and even when his life was ending he was still an influential man. His life inspired many historians of ... Grammar. He read many books that pushed him to master their prose style, and he became an expert essayist. When he was fifteen he delivered newspapers for his brother James's newspaper and he wrote articles for it at night. The paper was b...

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... on and taught himself algebra, geometry, navigation, grammar, logic, natural and physical science. At twelve years old he became an apprentice to his older brother as a printer. He wrote several newspaper articles under the name "Mrs. Silence Dogwood". At night he would secretly slip them under the print shop door. His brother liked them and even printed a few until he found ... for many different partners. At 22, he became part owner of a print shop and only two years later he became sole owner. He wrote much of the material for his newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette. In 1730, he marri...

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... an apprenticeship with his brother in printing. He eventually moved from Boston to Philadelphia where he bought the Pennsylvania Gazette, and with his improvements turned his investment into a successful newspaper. With this successful newspaper to his name, Ben Franklin had the ability to pursue goals in other fields. Franklin started publishing the Poor Richard's Almanac. Almanacs contained articles with topics including weather ... ...

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... Pennsylvania. He helped to establish America's first library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, in 1731. After having financial success selling pamphlet's, he purchased The Pennsylvania Gazette, he transformed the struggling newspaper into the most successful newspapers in the colonies. He married Deborah Read in 1730. They took in a son "William" out of wedlock. Deborah gave birth to a son named ... ...

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... Keimer and that doesn't work out and he ended up going into his own business and opened his own printing shop " Pennsylvania Gazette" ." Probably the best edited newspaper was the Pennsylvania Gazette,established in 1728 in Philadelphia and purchased the following year by Benjamin Franklin, who had earlier worked as an apprentice printer on his brother's Boston periodical ... ...

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... was soon hired as an apprentice printer. When he was 22 he became the master of his own print shop and began publishing the "Pennsylvania Gazette" which became the biggest newspaper in the colonies. He soon began to write "Poor Richard's Almanac", which made him very wealthy. In 1730, Ben married Deborah Read, the daughter of his first landlady. They had ... ...

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... contributor of the New England Courant, when, in 1723, it threw Boston into tumult, and, in in1729, founder of the Pennsylvania Gazette, for more than half a century the leading founder newspaper in the New World (Goode, 2). Benjamin Franklin is an American idol (Kamp, 1). Kamp thought Franklin was a window for America's Journalism. He gave an American Flavor to the episolary and essay ... ...

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... a few different printing houses. He returned to Philadelphia and soon was back in the printing business. In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette. He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three children, two boys and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of New Jersey. He ... ...

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... under his brother, Ben was in contact with many early writings. Ben wanting to be something more in life then a common class worker, he would copy writing styles of a British newspaper the Spectator trying to hone his own personal writing and comprehension skills. He then would learn the valuable skill of debate. This was significant because during this time people with ... ...

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... by his father, he became an apprentice in his brother's print shop. He was a good pupil to his older brother who turned out to be a good teacher. He wrote many newspaper articles and would always sign them "Mr. Silence Dogood- and slipped them under the print-shop door. His brother, James, admired the articles and printed many, but stopped when he ... ...

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... skilled printer able to work in any print shop. In 1728, at the age of twenty-two, Ben opened his own printing office in Philadelphia. His most famous publications were a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette and his annual Poor Richard's Almanac. He used cartoons and pictures so that everyone could understand the news, even people who had not learned to read ... ...

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