... parents fifteenth child. Benjamin obviously respected his father, who probably taught him to read, so early that he could not remember learning it. While he was a young boy, A private teacher, George Brownell took Benjamin on. "Under him I acquired fair Writhing pretty soon, but I fail"d in the Arithmetic & made no Progress in it." (Franklin's Memoirs, ed. by Max Farrand, p. 20, University of ... California Press, Berkeley, 1949.) At 10-years-old he was taken home to assist his father in his business. Benjamin did not like what his father did though, so him and his father ... ...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: High School

... parents fifteenth child. Benjamin obviously respected his father, who probably taught him to read, so early that he could not remember learning it. While he was a young boy, A private teacher, George Brownell took Benjamin on. "Under him I acquired fair Writhing pretty soon, but I fail"d in the Arithmetic & made no Progress in it." (Franklin's Memoirs, ed. by Max Farrand, p. 20, University of ... California Press, Berkeley, 1949.) At 10-years-old he was taken home to assist his father in his business. Benjamin did not like what his father did though, so him and his father ... ...

• Word Count: 952
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School