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This excerpt comes from the first part of Franklin's autobiography. Franklin wrote his autobiography in four sessions over the course of almost twenty years. He lived a long and full life, and at the time of his death he had taken the work only to 1758. (Thus his published autobiography does not include any of his activities during and after the American Revolution.) Franklin's first session of autobiographical writing was for two weeks in 1771. He addressed that text to his adult son, William, and he then expected to share it only with his family. Eventually, the manuscript autobiography that Franklin had written for his son came into the hands of a man he knew in Philadelphia, Abel James. James and another friend encouraged Franklin to revisit his autobiography, suggesting that he should publish it for the benefit of the public. Franklin agreed, and he had that audience in mind during the following sessions of autobiographical writing (in 1784, 1788, and 1789-1790). Although it was not yet finished when he died, peo Benjamin Franklin Part II Letter from Mr. Abel James, with Notes of my Life (received in Paris). “MY DEAR AND HONORED FRIEND: I have often been desirous of writing to thee, but could not be reconciled to the thought that the letter might fall into the hands of the British, lest some printer or busy-body should publish some part of the contents, and give our friend pain, and myself censure. “Some time since there fell into my hands, to my great joy, about twenty-three sheets in thy own handwriting, containing an account of the parentage and life of thyself, directed to thy son, ending in the year 1730, with which there were notes, likewise in thy writing; a copy of which I inclose, in hopes it may be a means, if thou continued it up to a later period, that the first and latter part may be put together; and if it is not yet continued, I hope thee will not delay it. Life is uncertain, as the preacher tells us; and what will the world say if kind, humane, and benevolent Ben. Franklin should leave his friends and the world 1791 book by Benjamin Franklin Cover of the first English edition of 1793. Publication date Published in English The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin appear to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods during which he wrote them. There are actual breaks between the first three parts of the narrative, but Part Three's narrative conti
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76 From The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Part II
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Author Benjamin Franklin Original title Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin Language American English Genre Autobiography Publisher Buisson, Paris (French edition)
J. Parson's, London (First English reprint)1791 Publication place United States 1793
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