Primary Sources: People: Franklin, Benjamin

Access various resources related to Franklin including primary sources, lesson plans, and links to other websites.

Includes:
Benjamin Franklin, His Autobiography: 1706–1757

An Emblem of Human Life, The Whistle, and Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout
From the Oxford Book of American Essays, chosen by Brander Matthews.

"The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of materials related to the life and times of Benjamin Franklin. This page compiles links to primary-source material throughout the Library of Congress Web site, including manuscripts, letters, broadsides, and images."

"Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words, indicates the depth and breadth of Benjamin Franklin's public, professional, and scientific accomplishments through important documents, letters, books, broadsides, and cartoons. Marking the tercentenary of Franklin's birth, this exhibition, concentrates on his achievements as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist, and, particularly, as a politician and statesman. "

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"A digital version of the Franklin Papers, created and maintained by the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) and previously available to scholars and researchers on a CD-ROM, is now available to the public with an Introduction by Edmund S. Morgan. This digital edition includes texts of the published papers and unverified, rough transcriptions of the as-yet-unpublished material. The rough transcriptions will be replaced with verified texts as future volumes of the Franklin Papers are published. The texts are fully searchable and they are indexed by volume, name of correspondent, and date. "