Carol Kerney, Kate Kerney
Ben at Fifteen
eBook
( Aug. 10, 2017)
Benjamin Franklin was 15 in 1721. The year 1721 was an important year in Boston, Massachusetts Colony. Not only did a terrible epidemic of smallpox attack, but also the print shop that belonged to James, Ben's brother, was in terrible financial trouble. A huge controversy arose over smallpox inoculations. How did all these factors work together to impact America's first independent newspaper and Ben Franklin's decision to make printing his life's work?