The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
Contents
Preface.......................................................ix
Acknowledgments...............................................xi
List of Illustrations.........................................xv
INTRODUCTION..................................................1
CHAPTER 1 Becoming a Gentleman...............................17
CHAPTER 2 Becoming a British Imperialist.....................61
CHAPTER 3 Becoming a Patriot.................................105
CHAPTER 4 Becoming a Diplomat................................153
CHAPTER 5 Becoming an American...............................201
Notes.........................................................247
Index.........................................................287
Chapter One
BECOMING
A GENTLEMAN
BOSTON BEGINNINGS
Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706 (January 6, 1705, in the
old-style calendar), of very humble origins, origins that always struck
Franklin himself as unusually poor. Franklin's father, Josiah, was a nonconformist
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