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Events on Wednesday 6 October 1723 1
1723Benjamin Franklin arrives in PhiladelphiaThe future statesman and scientist begins his printing careerSeventeen-year-old Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia after running away from his apprenticeship in Boston, arriving with little money and seeking work as a printer. He soon found employment in the city's printing trade, the start of a career that led to his later prominence as a writer, scientist, and statesman. The episode became one of the best-known anecdotes of his autobiography.