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Jul 2, 2022 · — Benjamin Franklin, letter to Benjamin Vaughn, July 26, 1784. That it is better one hundred guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer is a maxim that has been long and generally approved. — Benjamin Franklin, letter to Benjamin Vaughn, March 14, 1785.
Episode 1 | “Join or Die” (1706-1774) Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Benjamin Franklin became quite wealthy from his printing business and was subsequently able to retire at the age of 42. However, Franklin interpreted the concept of retirement differently than most.
Feb 12, 2023 · Benjamin Franklin's adroit diplomacy again proved indispensable for his fledgling nation in 1782, when he joined fellow American peace commissioners negotiating British cessation of hostilities—the resulting 1783 Treaty of Paris formally concluded the grueling Revolutionary War.
Jul 7, 2021 · Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the of the leading figures of early American history. Learn about this famous American statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. Fact #1. Ben Franklin was a printer and newspaper editor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706, at age 17 he left Boston for Philadelphia where he became ...
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on 17 January 1706. He attended school only briefly, and then helped his father, who was a candle and soap maker. He was apprenticed to his brother, a printer ...
Born on January 17, 1706, to a poor English chandler (a candle and soap maker) living in Boston, Franklin was the 15th of 17 children. Franklin left school at 10 and began an apprenticeship in his ...
