...on and notes edited by Charles W. Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and witho... ...r own wn wn wn wn risk. risk. risk. risk. risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated wit... ...y nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained wi... ...N AND NOTES EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, L.L.D., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Stre... ...D NOTES EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, L.L.D., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, NEW YORK (1909) INTRODUCTORY NOTE Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, ... ... he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the “New England Courant.” To this journal he became a contributor, and later ... ...al editor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadel phia, where he arrived in October, 1723... ...ditor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New York, and thence to Philadel phia, where he arrived in October, 1723. He... ...ter, who accordingly refus’d to give me work. I then thought of going to New York, as the nearest place where there was a printer; and I was rather in...

... Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the ?New England Courant.? To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor....