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Benjamin Franklin

Fireman:
 * 1) Organized Philadelphia's Fire Company
 * 2) Help people get fire insurance- Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire

Literary aspirations:
 * 1) Launched the Library Company (1731)
 * Nation's first library
 * 1) The Pennsylvania Gazette
 * First pollitical cartoon: [[image:http://joecampbell.org/flags/images/01%20Gadsden%20(Poor%20Richard%27s%20Almanac%20Image)%201751.gif width="331" height="192"]]
 * 1) Poor Richard's Almanac
 * Wrote under the name Richard Saunders

Life:
 * 1) Born in Boston, January 17, 1706
 * 2) Tenth of Seventeen kids
 * 3) Always loved to read
 * 4) Died April 17, 1790