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Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America ... only newspaper in the colonies for the next 15 years. For Franklin, it starts early. In 1717, having alarmed ...
(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Philadelphia celebrated 300 years since the Benjamin Franklin arrived in the city with a re-enactment on October 6, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) An early edition of Benjamin ...
Benjamin, who by the time of William’s early childhood was a man of ... home in 1785 and was with him when he died five years later. Benjamin Franklin’s line continues through Sally, his ...
Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have uncovered previously unknown money-printing innovations developed by Benjamin Franklin ... a double purpose. Franklin, an early advocate for paper ...
Over 35 years of marriage, Benjamin Franklin had indirectly praised Deborah ... even after she had a stroke in early spring 1769. But as her health declined, she gave up her vow not to give ...
A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many Franklins that have been offered up to the reading public over the years. Franklin’s first biographer ...