When Benjamin was a child | | he served as a diplomat to France. |
To help him decide on a career his | | Ben was apprenticed to his brother a printer. |
When he was twelve years old | | and signed them using the fictitious name "Silence Dogood". |
Ben was educated though he | | and started the first library in America. |
He wrote letters to the newspaper | | to create the "Dead Letter Office". |
When he ran away to Philadelphia | | he helped his father make soap and candles. |
He was the publisher of | | "Poor Richard's Almanack". |
A saying attributed to him is | | "A penny saved is a penny earned". |
He organized the Junto club | | he started his own printing business. |
One of his acts as postmaster was | | only had two years of formal schooling. |
In order for more people to benefit, he | | refused to patent the Franklin stove. |
For ten years | | father took him to observe men at work. |