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Franklin's Boyhood Home:
Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706, to Josiah and Abiah Franklin. He was the ninth of eleven children, and the youngest son. The family lived in a small wooden house on Milk Street, across from the "Old South" Meeting House. Measuring just 20 ft. square, the home also served as the chandlery (candle-making) shop of Josiah Franklin. His shop sign, in the shape of a blue ball, hung outside until the Franklin family moved to a larger dwelling on the corner of Hanover and Union Streets, and Josiah opened a separate shop a block away from the Milk Street house. |