Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jane Franklin Mecom (March 27, 1712 – May 7, 1794) was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidants. [2] Mecom and Franklin corresponded for sixty-three years, [ 3 ] throughout the course of Ben Franklin's life, and some of their letters survive.
Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils." In 1787, Franklin and Benjamin Rush helped write a new constitution for the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, [264] and that same year Franklin became president of the organization. [265]
Josiah Franklin Sr. (December 23, 1657 – January 16, 1745) was an English businessman and the father of Benjamin Franklin. Born in the village of Ecton in Northamptonshire, England , he emigrated to Massachusetts Bay in British America .
Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1808–1871) Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810–1837) Septimia Anne Randolph (1814–1887) George Wythe Randolph (1818–1867) Jane Randolph Jefferson April 3, 1774 – September 1775 [5] no spouse: died of unknown causes unnamed son [6] May 28 – June 14, 1777 died in infancy Mary Jefferson Nickname: Polly or Maria
Sarah Franklin Bache (September 11, 1743 – October 5, 1808), sometimes known as Sally Bache, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read.She was a leader in relief work during the American Revolutionary War and frequently served as her father's political hostess, like her mother before her death in 1774.
Staring out from the $100 bill, looking more like a wise old uncle than Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin seems an easy guy to like. And if anyone belongs on U.S. currency it's this colonial ...
Benjamin Franklin was so busy as an inventor, publisher, scientist, diplomat and U.S. founding father that it’s easy to lose track of his accomplishments. Franklin was an early innovator of ...
The new Apple TV+ show starring Michael Douglas follows Benjamin Franklin on his way to France. Here's the true story behind it. The True Story Behind Benjamin Franklin’s French Voyage in 'Franklin'