Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

• A man to be remember

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Construction

• In 1733, he started
  publishing Poor Richard Almanac. It contained
  weather reports, recipes, predictions, and
  homilies. Franklin continued the civic
  contributions, during the 1730s and
  1740s.Franklin constructed Philadelphias Union
  Fire Company.

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To the school

• To the Corning Union Elementary School. We
  should celebrate his birthday and the day he died
  by taking the day off for what he has done.
  

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When Benjamin was born

• Benjamin Franklin was born on
  January 17,1706 in Boston. He was the tenth son
  of a soap maker, Josiah Franklin. His mother was
  Abiah Folger. The second wife of Josiah.
  

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Escape to Philadelphia

• When Benjamin was 15, his
  brother started a new company called the New
  England Courant. The first newspaper company in
  Boston. Benjamin wanted to write. After 16
  letters he confessed that he wrote. His brother
  was so mad that Benjamin ran away.

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Ben as a teenager

• Running away was illegal. He walked
  across New Jersey finally arriving in
  Philadelphia. He used the last of his money to
  buy loafs of bread. He saw a lady named Deborah
  Read. After Ben stayed at her house she asked Ben
  to marry her. Ben said no.

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Inventions

• In 1743, he had already
  Invented the heat efficient stove to heat a
  house. He invented the swim fins, the glass
  harmonica , and the bifocals. In the early
  1750s, He turned to study electricity.

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Back Home

• Franklin came home. He tamed
  lightning, a humble man who dressed like a
  woodsman, and a man that spoke French. He died in
  April 17, 1790 at the age of 84.