Benjamin Franklin - A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago - American Pioneers and Patriots Series

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Benjamin Franklin, A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago, by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Benjamin Franklin, A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Author: John S. C. Abbott Release Date: November 5, 2009 [EBook #30406] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BENJAMIN FRANKLIN *** Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. A PICTURE OF THE STRUGGLES OF OUR INFANT NATION, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. “Print me as I am.”—Cromwell. ILLUSTRATED. NEW YORK: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY. 751 Broadway. Copyright, DODD, MEAD & COMPANY. 1876 PREFACE. Next to George Washington, we must write, upon the Catalogue of American Patriots, the name of Benjamin Franklin. He had so many virtues that there is no need of exaggerating them; so few imperfections that they need not be concealed.