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Ben Franklin, Visionary E-mail: ben@peoplelonggone.com At the age of twelve, Ben Franklin first began to learn the business of printing the truth. His older brother James had set-up a printing office in Boston and Ben learned quickly as an apprentice. By age seventeen, he was a fully skilled printer able to work in any print shop. With this skill, Ben was able to leave Boston and find work in both Philadelphia and London. In 1728, at the age of twenty-two, Ben opened his own printing office in Philadelphia. His most famous publications were a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette and his annual Poor Richard's Almanack. |