The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin, born on 1706 in Boston. He was the fifteenth of his father’s seventeen children. Franklin’s parents were named Josiah and Abiah. In 1730, he married Deborah Read, with whom he had two children. The first, William Franklin was born approximately a year after Franklin’s marriage and to whom Autobiography is dedicated. Because Franklin’s son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one-week vacation in the English countryside to record his past. He writes in the summer of 1771 in a small town about 50 miles south of London.

In his Autobiography Franklin thanked God for allowing him to live a good life that he has enjoyed it very much. He would have liked to repeat it, although he would correct some small errors if the opportunity arose. But since he could not repeat life, he could instead recollect it. He wrote his Autobiography so his son could know his life. Even though Franklin recounted some of his family’s ancestry and mentioned all the per...