Benjamin Franklin

1796 - 1790

About the Author

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a Founding Father of the American republic, an author, inventor, and diplomat whose life and ideas came to be identified with the new American nation. He wrote the best selling Poor Richard’s Almanac (1733), a posthumously published Autobiography, and many articles advocating American independence from Great Britain. From 1776-1785 he was the American ambassador to France, and from 1785-1788 he was governor of Pennsylvania.

In The Library:

• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. I Autobiography, Letters and Misc. Writings 1725-1734 (1904)
• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. II Letters and Misc. Writings 1735-1753 (1904)
• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. III Letters and Misc. Writings 1753-1763 (1904)
• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768 (1904)
• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. V Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772 (1904)
• author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VI Letters and Misc. Writings 1772-1775 (1904)

Quotations:

• Benjamin Franklin on killing and cooking a turkey with electricity (1748) (10 December, 2012)
• Benjamin Franklin on the “superstructure” of Good Government (1736) (7 December, 2012)