The True Benjamin Franklin

Chapter 27: Transcriber’s Note.

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About This Book

The biography reexamines the life and character of Benjamin Franklin, seeking to dispel sentimental myths and restore a complex, human portrait. It traces his evolution from printer and autodidact to scientist, author, reformer, and diplomat, highlights his candid autobiographical passages—especially on love and personal shortcomings—and situates those comments in their eighteenth-century context. The author critiques editorial tampering and hagiography that have distorted speeches and letters, evaluates disputed biographical claims, and offers documentary analysis and an appendix to clarify contested facts, aiming for a balanced account that combines narrative, critical commentary, and source-based correction.

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Transcriber’s Note.

Irregular spelling in quoted material is as per the original. Minor errors in punctuation corrected without note. The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Page 23: Original: “... other projects, to form a religous ...” (changed to “religious”)

Page 35: Original: “... ate and drank too freeely, and ...” (changed to “freely”)

Page 139: Original: “... American newsapers for half a ...” (changed to “newspapers”)

Page 291: Original: “... publication of Beamarchais’s life ...” (changed to “Beaumarchais’s”)

Page 293: Original: “... in a phamphlet, entitled ...” (changed to “pamphlet”)

Page 349: Original: “... Eripuit cœlo fulmen septrumque ...” (changed to “sceptrumque”)

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