Cover Page -- Title Page -- Introduction -- I Ancestry And Early Youth In Boston -- II Beginning Life As A Printer -- III Arrival In Philadelphia -- IV First Visit To Boston -- V Early Friends In Philadelphia -- VI First Visit To London -- VII Beginning Business In Philadelphia -- VIII Business Success And First Public Service -- IX Plan For Attaining Moral Perfection -- X Poor Richard'S Almanac And Other Activities -- XI Interest In Public Affairs -- XII Defense Of The Province -- XIII Public Services And Duties -- XIV Albany Plan Of Union -- XV Quarrels With The Proprietary Governors -- XVI Braddock's Expedition -- XVII Franklin's Defense Of The Frontier -- XVIII Scientific Experiments -- XIX Agent Of Pennsylvania In London -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Copyright Page.