Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: Analysis

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the fire brigade, the police force, the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, the street sweeping service and some other smaller public works projects. He retired from the printing business in 1748 and began to conduct scientific experiments in lightning. In 1753, he was awarded honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale, and he became Postmaster General of America. The following year, when war broke out between England and France, Franklin began to draft proposals outlining means by which funds could be raised for colonial defense. He succeeded in many of his proposals, and he personally played a large part in organizing the war effort. The autobiography enshrines Franklin as an American legend who is responsible for many improvements in American life that we today take for granted.
Franklin played an important role in the American Enlightenment. "As Franklin's career as a printer and as the establishment of the Library Company suggested, the publication and ...

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