Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and StatesmanA biography profiling the life of Benjamin Franklin and his leadership as a politician, scientist, inventor, and printer. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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Contents
BENJAMIN FRANKLINS RETURN | 9 |
LIFE ON HIS OWN | 29 |
MAN OF SCIENCE | 55 |
A NEW NATION | 73 |
THE FINAL YEARS | 87 |
LIFE AT A GLANCE | 102 |
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Page 111 - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.