The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the unfinished record of Benjamin Franklina s life written by Franklin himself and is one of the most influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklina s account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.

The first publication of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Part One, was published in Paris, in French in 1791. It wasn’t until 1818 that the full version of Franklina s autobiography was published by his grandson, William Temple Franklin, who did not include Part Four because he has previously traded away the original holograph of the Autobiography for a copy that contained only the first three parts. In addition, Franklina s grandson felt free to make stylistic revisions to his grandfathera s autobiography. W.T. Franklin’s text was the standard version of the Autobiography for half a century, until John Bigelow purchased the original manuscript in France and in 1868 published the most reliable text that had yet appeared, including the first English publication of Part Four.

This edition of Autobiography of Ben Franklin comes from the original manuscript of Ben Franklina s Memoirs and is presented in its entirety for enjoyment by all English speakers.