Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed/Volume I

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

SELF-REVEALED

A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY BASED MAINLY ON HIS OWN WRITINGS

BY

WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME I

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1917

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CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction 1
CHAPTER
I.— Franklin's Moral Standing and System 12
II.— Franklin's Religious Beliefs 51
III.— Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen 102
IV.— Franklin's Family Relations 198
V.— Franklin's American Friends 310
VI.— Franklin's British Friends 372
VII.— Franklin's French Friends 473

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