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Benjamin Franklin has been confirmed as a character in Assassin's Creed III. The inventor, author and politician plays an important role in ACIII -- as a bawdy womanizer.
Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself.
Discover who Benjamin Franklin was, his groundbreaking inventions of the lightning rod and bifocals, influential books, and key achievements in this article.
Alfred Owen Aldridge, Benjamin Franklin as Georgia Agent, The Georgia Review, Vol. 6, No. 2 (SUMMER - 1952), pp. 161-173 ...
Chief among these is a paper by W. E. Lingelbach on new source material regarding Benjamin Franklin‘s activities as printer and publisher both during the first half of his life and in his later ...
James Campbell, The Pragmatism of Benjamin Franklin, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Fall, 1995), pp. 745-792 ...
Discover scientific wonders in The Franklin Institute is ranked #7 out of 34 things to do in Philadelphia. See pictures and our review of Discover scientific wonders in The Franklin Institute.
Sitter Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790 Credit Line Owner: Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Date 1778 Object number 73.217.1 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Type ...