Volume I of Benjamin Franklin's America examines the moral, intellectual and scientific accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin. The often neglected relationships with Cotton Mather and James Logan are examined, and his scientific investigations into electrical phenomena are explore in depth. His writings on Economics and finance are discussed, and other important features of his career, including his military leadership and his relationship with George Washington also examined. This is not a biography in the sense of a detailed story of Franklin's life, but rather an attempt to discover what went into making him one of the greatest human beings of the last half-millennium and arguably the greatest American who ever lived.