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During his entire adult life Franklin saved his correspondence, documents and other writings, which today include some 30,000 extant items. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is a collaborative effort by a team of scholars at Yale University, American Philosophical Society and others who have searched, collected, edited, and published the numerous letters from and to Benjamin Franklin, and other ...
Benjamin Franklin's celebrity-like status in France helped win French support for the United States during the American Revolutionary War. [ 11 ] As a result, Jefferson began drafting conditions for a possible commercial treaty between France and the future independent colonies of the United States, which declined the presence of French troops ...
Benjamin Franklin, representative of Pennsylvania, known as one of the most famous intellectuals among the Founding Fathers, whose academic writings and press publications had a very significant influence in the American Revolution, the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance with France, Treaty of Paris, and U.S ...
Edward Rutledge (age 26) was the youngest signer and Benjamin Franklin (age 70) the oldest. John Hancock's now-iconic signature on the Declaration is nearly 5 inches (13 cm) long. [21] Some delegates were away on business when the Declaration was debated, including William Hooper [22] and Samuel Chase, but they were back in Congress to sign on ...
Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, was the youngest to sign the Constitution, while Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, was the oldest. Franklin was also the first signer to die, in April 1790, while James Madison was the last, dying in June 1836. Virtually every signer had taken part in the Revolution; at least 29 had served in the Continental forces, most of ...
26. “A true friend is the best possession.” 27. “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” 28. “The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much ...
Benjamin Franklin's celebrity like status in France helped win French support for the United States during the American Revolutionary War. [10] The treaty established a comprehensive framework for mutual diplomatic, commercial, and navigational cooperation. [12] Peace and friendship between the U.S. and France
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