... United States government moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., during Adams's administration, and he became the first president to live in the White House. Adams was the first chief executive whose son also served as president. Adams played a leading role in the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and was a signer of the historic document. He had spoken out boldly for separation ... . Until Emerson was 30, he also suffered from poor health, including a lung disease and periods of temporary blindness. In addition, his first wife, Ellen, died in 1831 and his first son, Wald...

• Word Count: 3135
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... died before he got the chance. Characters Benjamin Franklin - The author and protagonist of the Autobiography; he writes the work ostensibly to tell his son about his life and to provide a model of self-betterment for anyone interested. Born into a modest Boston family, Franklin moved to Philadelphia in ... scientific and political ideas, but the work does not discuss the American Revolution, in which Franklin was a major participant. William Franklin - Benjamin's son and royal governor of New Jersey in 1771 when Ben begins writing the work. Ben begins the Autobiography as a letter to Wil...

• Word Count: 6150
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

... warned would be the ruin of any man who used his profits in such frivolity. At thirty-three Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanac, a collection, effectively, of his own quotes, assembled under the pseudonym Richard Saunders'. Franklin used the character Poor Richard', after the alleged author, to personify the moral codes and work ethics he wished to enforce on other ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... significance. His Autobiography, completed in three sections written in 1771, 1784, and 1788 respectively, details the rise of a most remarkable human being. Benjamin Franklin began his autobiography by addressing his son, with the intention of telling the story of his life. As one of seventeen children of a Boston soap and candle maker, with little formal schooling and no inherited wealth, Franklin ... work in the community, the care of the public must out weigh all private respects for the conscious and civil policy." Franklin's father learned about the escapade and taught his son "th...

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