Benjamin Franklin was born in the winter of 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. He came into a family of 16! (Probably where he learned how to get along with people)
Ben was his father's favorite. At five, he could read the Bible. And we'll started thinking seriously when he was 7. One time asked his father, (Josiah) " why waste all this time giving your daily blessing? Why not give one blessing once and for all? I think this would save your time and the Lord's time."
Josiah thought he would make a good clergy man. So he sent him to Boston Latin School for a classical education. But he soon realized that was not for his son. So he transferred him to another school, but it was too expensive when there were 17 mouths to feed. So Ben was offered to be a candle maker but he couldn't stand the smell of tallow. So he found himself age 12, an apprentice his brother's printing shop. He stopped going to church and would stay home and read a good book. He said that a good book more educational then a bad sermon. But he still had a deep reverence for God.
When Ben was 17 he found he couldn't get along with his brother, so snuck away on a boat. He landed in Philadelphia. He was very ragged and had only one dutch dollar. He worked as a printer. Soon he had his own printing shop. He was a very smart man, and besides inventing the lighting rod and finding out what electricity is he was a great founding father. He got France to join us in a critical part of the war, he had the wisest of mind for starting our country. He deserves the love and thanks of man and women.
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