* Editing and publishing the complete works of his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin. This monumental work, *The Works of Benjamin Franklin*, was published in ten volumes between 1816 and 1818.
* Writing a biography of his grandfather. His *Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.** was published in 1818.
While William Temple Franklin did write other works, these are the most significant and well-known.