The Pennsylvania Gazette was the next major project for Benjamin Franklin. The Gazette was a forum in which people within his community could vent out about problems with laws and things that agitated them. It was something that Ben had started off, so it was a brief return to his former job. By this time, Franklin had endured quite a bit of social success. He was highly regarded and was a sort of renaissance man. During that time, the free masons reached out and he joined them in 1731. It only took him 3 years to become a grand master in the free masons society.
Benjamin Franklin wrote and published the book Poor Richard's Almanack in 1733 under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. The popular book is famous for its timeless quotes such as, "A penny saved is twopence dear" and so forth. Along with being a freemason, publisher, businessman statesmen, scientist, he was a well respected author who could publish his books at will.
Benjamin Franklin, the scientist had some very important findings in his inventions. To find out more about Benjamin Franklin, tune in next week for the last installment of Benjamin Franklin and his many sides.
Picture Citation: www.freemasons-freemasonry.com
Works Cited:Sparks, Jared (1856), "The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography with Notes and a Continuation", Boston: Whittemore, Niles and Hall.
Quote pulled from Poor Richards Almanack by Benjamin Franklin.
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