Visions to Do Good: The Personal Philanthropy of Benjamin Franklin

by Russell G Kyncl

When Benjamin Franklin was a boy he read a book entitled Essays to Do Good, by Rev. Cotton Mather. The book changed his life. Fifty years later, in a letter to Cotton's son Samuel, Ben Franklin wrote "...if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book."Ben Franklin was involved with philanthropic pursuits his entire adult life. In his Will he set in motion a charitable legacy that continues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490558314
• ISBN13: 9781490558318
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"