![]() ![]() He is elected a member of the Assembly and retires as a printer to focus on other interests. ![]() Franklin is civic-minded and dislikes the Penn Family's Proprietorship. Franklin has three children: William, a bastard, Frances, who dies from smallpox, and Sally. He wasisvery interested in public works and creates a list of moral traits he tries to incorporate into his everyday life. In Philadelphia he works as a printer and forms the Junto, a collective of intellectuals. After a brief trip to London where he expels his boyish immaturities, he returns to Philadelphia and marries Deborah Read. He meets another printer on his journey who recommends Philadelphia, which becomes Franklin's home. He outshines his brother James the printer, to whom he is apprenticed, and James' jealousy over Benjamin's talent causes him to run away to New York. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life is an account of the deeds of founding father Benjamin Franklin from his humble beginnings as the apprentice of a printer to his international status as wise sage and practical philosopher. ![]()
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