Harvard College Library At some point in the year after Franky died, Benjamin commissioned a portrait of the boy. Was it an attempt to lift Deborah out of debilitating grief? Given Franklin’s ...

Benjamin Franklin is a crucial figure in the history ... And Franklin would ultimately cut him out of his will. He Started The First Volunteer Fire Department In America In articles published ...

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...

Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin ... Keimer’s hardware consists, in Franklin’s words, “of an old shattered press and one small, worn-out fount of English.” ...

Like his father, William had his own son out of wedlock, William Temple Franklin. Unlike Benjamin, William did not raise Temple. Unaware of his paternity, Temple grew up with a foster family in ...