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Page 1: Who was Ben Franklin? Ben Franklin was... Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706

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Ben Franklin

• Worked in his father’s soap and candle shop

• Was an apprentice to his brother James in a print shop

• Liked to read books in his spare time

• Wrote letters that were published in a newspaper Click for more Click for more

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Benjamin Franklin diedBenjamin Franklin died

April 17, 1790 April 17, 1790

in Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

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