Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read....
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Deborah Read (redirect from Deborah Read Franklin)
Philadelphia. Franklin was buried next to her upon his death in 1790. Francis Folger Franklin Sarah [Franklin] Bache William Franklin (Appleby, Chang...
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only son, Francis Folger Franklin, at the age of four from smallpox. She and Benjamin had earlier taken in his illegitimate son, William Franklin, as an...
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William Franklin FRSE (22 February 1730 – 17 November 1813) was an American-born attorney, soldier, politician, and colonial administrator. He was the...
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together. Their son, Francis Folger Franklin, was born in October 1732 and died of smallpox in 1736. Their daughter, Sarah "Sally" Franklin, was born in 1743...
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from Falmouth in Cornwall?" Franklin asked his cousin Timothy Folger, a Nantucket Island whaling captain, for an answer. Folger explained that merchant ships...
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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is a collaborative effort by a team of scholars at Yale University, American Philosophical Society and others who have...
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Library Company of Philadelphia (redirect from Benjamin Franklin Library)
Nine signers of the Declaration of Independence—Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Robert Morris, George Clymer, John Morton, James...
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Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural...
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Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed is a biography of Benjamin Franklin written by William Cabell Bruce in 1917. A "biographical and critical study based...
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Silence Dogood (category Benjamin Franklin)
by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after...
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Josiah Franklin (1657–1745) and Abiah Folger (1667–1752), the parents of Benjamin Franklin, along with other members of the Franklin family. (Franklin himself...
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Benjamin Franklin Medal presented by the American Philosophical Society located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., also called Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial...
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Richard Bache (category Franklin family)
Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was born on September 12, 1737, in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire...
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manhood, life of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Hurst. Thorpe, Francis Newton (1893). Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania. Washington: Government...
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Pennsylvania. Founded in 1749 by a group of local notables that included Benjamin Franklin, the Academy of Philadelphia began as a private secondary school, occupying...
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The second USS Franklin of the United States Navy was an 8-gun brig. She was named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Built at Philadelphia in 1795...
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The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science...
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September 25 the Continental Congress ordered commissioners, led by Benjamin Franklin, to seek a treaty with France based upon Adams draft treaty that had later...
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of the most influential and responsible members of Congress: Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Robert Livingston, John Dickinson, Thomas Willing, Thomas...
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The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, located in the rotunda of the Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, features a large...
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Cronin, novelist James A. Folger, founder of the coffee company bearing his name Mayhew Folger, whaling captain Peter Folger, missionary Anna Gardner,...
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America in 1776. It is often illustrated with Franklin's famous snake cartoon Join, or Die. Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies exceeded the scope...
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John F. Fitzgerald (redirect from John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald)
John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. Fitzgerald...
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Benjamin Franklin is a 2002 American documentary television series about United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin which premiered November 19–20...
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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (category Works by Benjamin Franklin)
short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends, but in 1755 it...
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silent business partners Joseph Galloway and Thomas Wharton. Benjamin Franklin, an associate of Galloway, was also a partner with the Chronicle. The newspaper...
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Thomas Birch (section Copies of Franklin letters)
hands on. He was a friend of Franklin, and they were both members of the Royal Society. In his autobiography, Franklin refers to his "Quire Book", which...
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Benjamin Butler (redirect from Benjamin Franklin Butler)
Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from...
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Ben Franklin in Paris is a musical with a book and lyrics by Sidney Michaels, and music by Mark Sandrich, Jr. with two songs contributed by Jerry Herman...
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