Poor Richard was the most famous of these personas, but they allowed him to say things that he couldn’t say as Benjamin Franklin. He would simply put the words into someone else’s mouth and he ...

Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity ... experimentation as an inventor related to electricity, and his now-famous ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Franklin Episode 3 introduces Chevalier d'Eon, the famous French diplomat, spy and soldier. Chevalier d'Eon's gender identity was speculated in the 18th century, inspiring ridicule and intrigue ...

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park will open a brand new special exhibition on June 28, ...