Bayan da aka hana shi damar rubuta wasika zuwa takarda don bugawa, Franklin ya ɗauki sunan barkwanci na "Silence Dogood", wata gwauruwa mai matsakaicin shekaru. An buga wasiƙun Mrs. Dogood, kuma ya zama batun tattaunawa a kusa da garin. Babu James ko masu karatu na Courant da suka san dabara, kuma James bai yi farin ciki da Ben ba lokacin da ya gano mashahurin wakilin ɗan'uwansa ne. Franklin ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki tun yana ƙarami. Lokacin da aka daure ɗan'uwansa na makonni uku a 1722 saboda wallafa abubuwan da ba su dace da gwamnan ba, matashi Franklin ya karɓi jaridar kuma Mrs. Dogood (ta yi ƙaulin Cato's Letters) ya yi shela: "Ba tare da 'yancin tunani ba za a iya samun irin wannan abu kamar hikima ba kuma babu irin wannan abu kamar' yancin jama'a ba tare da 'yanci ba. "
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