Benjamin Franklin and his future wife ... to me every enjoyment,” Jane wrote about Benjamin after his death in 1790, “Whatever other pleasures were, as they mostly took their rise from ...

But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left a small sum of money to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia with one condition: That they not spend it ...

Benjamin Franklin was an enslaver. His household had at least seven slaves and kept them enslaved until 1790. When Benjamin and his son William moved to London in 1757, they took Peter and King ...

Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change ... or do things worth the writing." Benjamin Franklin did both. Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects ...

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...