Excerpt from The Biographical Record of Logan County, Illinois: Illustrated His writings upon political topics, anti slavery, finance, and economics, stamp him as one of the greatest statesmen of his time, while his Autobiography and Poor Richard's Almanac give him precedence in the literary field. In early life he was an avowed skeptic in religious matters, but later in life his utterances on this subject were less extreme, though he never ex pressed approval of any sect or creed. He died in Philadelphia April 17, 1790. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.