I te tau 17 ka rere a Franklin ki Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, e rapu ana i tētahi tīmatanga hou i tētahi taone hou. I tōna taenga mai, i mahi ia i roto i ngā whare tā i te taone, engari kāore i makona ia i ngā tūponotanga. I muri i ētahi marama, i a ia e mahi ana i tētahi whare tā, i whakaponohia a Franklin e te Kawana o Pennsylvania, a Sir William Keith, kia haere ki Rānana, kia whiwhi i ngā taputapu e hiahiatia ana mō te whakatū i tētahi atu niupepa i Philadelphia. I te kitenga o ngā kupu whakaari a Keith ki te tautoko i tētahi niupepa kore, i mahi a Franklin hei kaituhi i roto i tētahi whare tā i roto i te whare karakia o St Bartholomew-the-Great i te rohe o Smithfield o Rānana. I muri i tēnei, i hoki ia ki Philadelphia i te tau 1726 me te awhina o Thomas Denham, he kaihokohoko i mahi hei kaitiaki, kaihokohoko, me te kaitiaki pukapuka.
Ko te 1726