U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Markuu jiray 17 sano, Franklin wuxuu u cararay Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, isagoo raadinaya meel cusub oo uu ku bilaabo. Markii ugu horeysay ee uu yimaado, wuxuu ka shaqeeyay dhowr dukaan oo daabacan oo ku yaalla magaalada, laakiin ma uusan ku qanacsaneyn rajada degdegga ah. Dhowr bilood ka dib, intii uu ka shaqeynayay xarun daabacaadda, Franklin waxaa ku qanciyay Guddoomiyaha gobolka Pennsylvania Sir William Keith inuu aado London, si uu u helo qalabka lagama maarmaanka u ah aasaaska wargeys kale oo ku yaal Philadelphia. Markii uu ogaaday in ballanqaadyadii Keith ee ahaa in uu maalgelinayo wargeys uu ahaa mid madhan, Franklin wuxuu ka shaqeeyay dukaanka daabacaadda ee waxa hadda ah Kaniisadda St Bartholomew-the-Great ee aagga Smithfield ee London. Kadib, wuxuu dib ugu soo laabtay Philadelphia 1726 isaga oo gacan ka helaya Thomas Denham, ganacsade u shaqaaleysiiyay Franklin inuu noqdo qareen, dukaameyste, iyo xisaabiye ganacsigiisa.  Su'aal: Sanadkee ayuu Franklin ku soo laabtay Philadelphia?
1726 wax ka badan