# Charles Osborne — The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin character guide

> Charles Osborne in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Osborne

**First appearance:** 0008-v-early-friends-in-philadelphia

## Who they are

Young friend of Franklin in Philadelphia, fond of disputation.

## Relationships

### [James Ralph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/characters/james_ralph)

_friendship_

Close companions in Franklin's early literary circle, often debating and critiquing each other's writing.

### [Benjamin Franklin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/characters/benjamin_franklin)

_friendship_

Fellow members of Franklin's Junto club, sharing intellectual debates and literary ambitions.

### [James Ralph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/characters/james_ralph)

_friendship_

Close companions in Franklin's early literary circle, often debating and critiquing each other's writing.

### [Benjamin Franklin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/characters/benjamin_franklin)

_friendship_

Fellow members of Franklin's Junto club, sharing intellectual debates and literary ambitions.

## In the story

### [Early Friends in Philadelphia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/franklin_autobiography_se/chapters/v-early-friends-in-philadelphia)

A clerk and friend who criticizes Ralph's poetry; he is deceived by the poem trick.

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