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It's hard to think about America, with out our founding fathers, more notably Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He would become a journalist, publisher, author, statesman, Diplomat and Inventor. He was the youngest son of Josiah Franklin a soap maker. At the time it was mandatory to attend church, but Ben skipped that to read and explore the world of science and politcs.
Josiah wanted Benjamin to enter the clergy, but instead was apprenticed off to his older brother James His
job entailed composing, typing, and distrubting pamphlets at only twelve years old. When Ben was fifteen

James founded his own newspaper The New England Courant, which was full of "articles, opinion piece

written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules." Around this time Ben really

wanted to write for a newspaper, but no one would give him a chance. He took a risk and started writing

letters, signing them the name Silence Dogood, the......

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