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soul to Cabanis, as he did to almost no one else. After their meetings in Paris, the Frenchman came away convinced that Abiah was the principal source of the virtues that her son displayed," writing that "It seems that his mother was a woman full of wisdom." One story told to Cabanis, Bunker reports, summed up her qualities especially well: As a child of about six years, Benjamin had been supplied by his parents with quite a few pennies for his visit to a fair in Boston. There, he handed over all his coins to buy a whistle that made a wonderful noise. Arriving home, Benjamin ran about the house blowing the whistle, and
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boy, but we can at least be confident of this. It appears she did everything a parent should, giving him the right combination of attachment and liberty, now and then a touch of discipline, but mostly the time and the space for him to play creatively," and that "this is more or less what Franklin said himself, on the few occasions when he is known to have shared any secrets of their relationship."
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His brothers and sisters laughed at the little boy when he told them how much he had given for his new toy. Benjamin burst into tears. Mrs. Franklin gently pointed out that if he had been more careful and paid a fair price, he would have had money to spare for a drum, or a little cart to pull along.
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In his later years, Franklin gave two accounts of his childhood, a very brief account in his autobiography, and a less famous but richer account to a French medical student, Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis, whom he had befriended in 1779. Apparently Franklin "trusted the young French biologist bared his
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has described Abiah's influence on her son Benjamin. Bunker reports that "it was his mother who educated his feelings. By the time was born, Abiah Franklin had raised so many children that she knew what she was doing when she had another... we cannot give a full account of the way she raised the
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is perhaps the finest example within the modern narrative tradition of a text that habitually compresses major characters - those, that is, who play integral and significant roles within the plot - into minor players. Throughout the
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religious tradition. Abiah and Josiah's children included John (born 1690), Peter (1692), Mary (1694), James (1696), Sarah (1699), Ebenezer (1701), a son who died young (1703), Benjamin (1706), Lydia (1708), and Jane (1712).
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Benjamin... stood there in deep thought. "My friend," said Abiah, "when you buy a whistle, you should always know what it's going to cost. Here's my advice: every time you really want a thing, say to yourself first of all:
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There is a monument with flowers growing in it to honor Folger on the right side of Madaket Road at the site of the Folger Farm, now owned by the
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Franklin was an early supporter of her son Benjamin's career but not actively involved in politics. She disapproved of her son's membership to
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At age 21 and unmarried, Abiah moved from Nantucket to Boston to live with an older sister and her husband, who were members of the Puritan
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is very brief — only two sentences — and has been the focus of recent scholarship. Matthew Garrett wrote that "the
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titled "Agents of Satan," where the central characters prevented Folger from being hanged during the Salem witch trials.
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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.
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began persecuting Puritans. Later, her father Peter became a convert to
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A fictionalized character of Folger appeared in the fourth episode of
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Letters to Benjamin Franklin from His Family and Friends, 1751-1790
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Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
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established the Abiah Folger Franklin Chapter in Nantucket.
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and they had 10 children. She raised her children with the
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A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain
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Folger was portrayed in a 2018 episode of the TV series
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A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks
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Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
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Nantucket
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
British America
Granary Burying Ground
Josiah Franklin
Benjamin
James
Jane
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States
Madaket
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Peter Folger
Mary Morrell Folger
indentured servant
Massachusetts
religious freedom
King Charles I of England
Baptist Christianity
South Church
Josiah Franklin
Presbyterian
Freemasonry
Nick Bunker
Autobiography
Salem witch trials

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