↑ Contemporary records, which used the Julian calendar and the Annunciation Style of enumerating years, recorded his birth as ngày 6 tháng 1 năm 1705. The provisions of the British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1 (it had been March 25). These changes resulted in dates being moved forward 11 days, and for those between January 1 and March 25, an advance of one year. For a further explanation, see: Old Style and New Style dates.
↑ —— (1901) [1771]. “Introduction”. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Macmillan's pocket English and American classics. New York: Macmillan. tr. vi. Truy cập ngày 1 tháng 2 năm 2011.
↑ John C. van Horne, "The History and Collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia," The Magazine Antiques, v. 170. no. 2: 58-65 (1971).
↑ J.A. Leo Lemay, "Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford: OUP, 2004).
