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Benjamin Fanklin was born in Boston on January 17

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamins mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children. Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets. Learn More: HYPERLINK /franklin/info/timeline.htmFranklin Timeline Apprentice Printer When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first newspaper in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before Jamess Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. Jamess paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by Jamess friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules. Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. Ben would sneak the letters under the print shop door at night so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They were a smash hit, and everyone wanted to know who was the real Silence Dogood. After 16 letters, Ben confessed that he had been writing the letters all along. While Jamess friends thought Ben was quite precocious and funny, James scolded his brother and was very jealous of the attention paid to him. Before long the Franklins found themselves at odds with Bostons powerful Puritan preachers, the Mathers. Smallpox was a deadly disease in those times, and the Mathers supported inocu