Philadelphia - City of Ben’s Fortune
The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia
On a gloomy October morning in 1723, sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin crept from his house and slipped on to a ship bound for New York. He wanted to be something other than an apprentice for his brother. When he arrived in New York, he soon learned that there were no jobs for a printer. “Try Philadelphia,” someone suggested. Ben did. He soon arrived by boat on the Delaware River. Philadelphia is the city where Ben Franklin’s dreams came true. He helped other people and society in incredible ways and developed his own wealth and personal accomplishments. He had one major way of acquiring his wealth—his printing shop. He printed Poor Richard’s Almanack, and in addition he sold a variety of things such as paper, parchment, ink, lamp black, legal forms, and peddlers’ sales books.
-Aedhan L.