Writings of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography
Poor Richard's Almanac
Speeches at the Constitutional Convention
Writings on Economic Topics
Writings on Science & Invention
Philosophical & Religious Writings
Political Writings
Writings on Education
Will
Miscellaneous Letters
Other Writings
Collected Writings

Autobiography (1793)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (World Wide School Library)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Early America)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (ushistory.org)
Benjamin Franklin: His Autobiography (Hypertext on American History)
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (Bartleby.com)
Autobiography of Ben Franklin (Classical Authors Directory)
Autobiography, Letters, and Other Writings (Bibliomania)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Project Gutenberg)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Free Mp3 Audio Book (ejunto)
How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia -- from the Autobiography (Hypertext on American History)
How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia -- from the Autobiography

Poor Richard's Almanac

Poor Richard's Almanack, 1733 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1734 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1735 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1738 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1739 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1740 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1742 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1743 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1744 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1745 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1747 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1748 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1749
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1750
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1751
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1752 [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1753 (Scanned Page Images) [Alternate Site]
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1754
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1755
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1756
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1757
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1758
Poor Richard's Improved Almanack, 1759 (Scanned Page Images)

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy, 1787 (Bartleby)
Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy, 1787 (Humanities Web)
Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer (American Rhetoric)
Benjamin Franklin Requests Prayer at the Constitutional Convention, 28 June 1787 (Constitution Society)
Speech to the Federal Convention, 17 September 1787 (Online Library of Liberty)
Benjamin Franklin to the Federal Convention, 17 September 1787 (The Founder's Constitution)
On the Constitution (1787) (American Rhetoric)
Remarks at the Closing of the Federal Convention (Online Library of Liberty)

Writings on Economic Topics

A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency, 1729 (Hypertext on American History)
A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency, 1729
Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc., 1751
The Way to Wealth, 7 July 1757 (ALRA -- University of Southern Florida)
On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, 27-29 November 1766 (Founders Library)
Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, September 1782 (The Founder's Constitution)
Information To Those Who Would Remove To America (on the Virtue of Industriousness), 1794(?) (Founders Library)
Letter to Robert Morris , 25 December 1783 (The Founder's Constitution)

Writings on Science & Invention

The Electrical Writings of Benjamin Franklin
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN1706-1790 -- includes "Farther Experiments and Observations in Electricty"
Observations and Suppositions Towards Forming a New Hypothesis for Explaining the Several Phenomena of Thunder Gusts, 1749 (Ben Franklin Ideas)
Franklin's Correspondence About the Glass Armonica
Experiments with Balloons, 1 December 1783, letters
METEOROLOGICAL IMAGINATIONS and CONJECTURES, 22 December I784

Philosophical & Religious Writings

A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, 1725 -- excerpt (Constitution.org)
Letter to the London Packet, 3 June 1772 (The Founder's Constitution)
Letter to Richard Price, 9 Oct. 1780 (The Founder's Constitution)
Letter to Ezra Stiles, 9 March 1790, on Franklin's religious views
A Lecture: On the Providence of God in the Governance of the World (MOA: Southern Literary Messenger)

Political Writings

Dialogue Between Britain, France, Spain, Holland, Saxony, and America (LexRex)
A Plan for Colonial Union, 1754 -- 3 letters (Constitution.org)
The Albany Plan of Union, 1754 (Hypertext on American History)
Reasons and Motives for the Albany Plan of Union, July 1754 (The Founder's Constitution)
from The Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser, 2 May 1765 (The Founder's Constitution)
Queries and Remarks respecting Alterations in the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1789 (The Founder's Constitution)

Writings on Education

Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania, 1749 (University of Pennsylvania)
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania, 1749 (University of Pennsylvania)
letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson of King's College, 1750 (University of Pennsylvania)
Observations relative to the intentions of the original founders of the Academy in Philadelphia, 1789 [published 1840] (University of Pennsylvania)

Will

The Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin (Franklin Institute)

Miscellaneous Letters

Benjamin Franklin letters for the years 1738 thru 1783 (familytales)
Unpublished Letters of Franklin to Strahan, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 61, Iss. 363, January 1888, pp. 21-36
Unpublished Letters of Benjamin Franklin, The Century, Vol./ 32, Iss. 2, June 1886, pp. 260-273
Franklin's Familiar Letters, The North American review, Vol. 37, Iss. 80, July 1833, pp. 249-272
letter, July 25, 1745, advice to a friend regarding mistresses (Constitution.org)
Letter to John Waring, 17 Dec. 1763 (The Founder's Constitution)
Letter to Sarah Bache, 26 Jan. 1784 (The Founder's Constitution)

Other Writings

Items in the New England Courant, 1721-22 -- as Silence Dogood (ushistory.org)
Edward E. Hale, Ben Franklin's Ballads, The New England Magazine, Vol. 24, Iss. 4, June 1898, pp. 505-508
Journal of Occurences in My Voyage to Philadelphia on Board the Berkshire . . . (Hypertext on American History)
Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America, 1784 [Alternate Site]
An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz., The Court of the Press, 12 Sept. 1789 (The Founder's Constitution)

Collected Writings

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin -- searchable (The American Philosophical Society & Yale University; The Packard Humanities Institute)
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume I: Boston and London, 1722-1726 [alternate site, plain text]
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume II: Philadelphia, 1726-1757 [alternate site, plain text]
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume III: London, 1757-1775 [alternate site, plain text]
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume IV: Paris, 1776-1785 [only plain text available]
The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume V: London and Philadelphia, 1785-1790 [only plain text available]

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