Franklin, Benjamin Excerpt from Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison Published by Ohio University Press, edited by Adrienne Koch, 1984 On July 5, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,...

Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words Reprinted in In Their Own Words: The Colonizers Published in 1998 ". . . I found myself in New York, near 300 miles from home, a boy of but 17, without the least recommendation to or...

Benjamin Franklin Born January 17, 1706 (Boston, Massachusetts) Died April 17, 1790 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Statesman, diplomat, writer, publisher, scientist Benjamin Franklin, though much older than other leading revolutionaries, profoundly...

Born January 17, 1706Boston, MassachusettsDied April 17, 1790Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Political leader, diplomat, printer, publisher, writer, scientist,...

January 17, 1706 Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 1790 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Scientist, inventor, author, philosopher, and one of the founding fathers of the United...

(born Jan. 17 [Jan. 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston, Mass. [U.S.]—died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.) American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped...

Public Statement on the Hutchinson Letters December 25, 1773; excerpted from Benjamin Franklin's Writings "Finding that two Gentlemen have been unfortunately engaged in a Duel, about a transaction and its circumstances of which both of...

A printer, author, library organizer, inventor, diplomat, scientist, philanthropist, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1703, the fifteenth child of Abiah and Josiah Franklin. At that time, more than half of the...

American scientist and statesman Before serving his fledgling country during time of revolution, Benjamin Franklin also achieved international recognition for his scientific acumen, especially in his experimentation with electricity. Born in the...

Franklin, Benjamin(1706–1790) Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. statesman, scientist, and author, was born in Boston, where he attended school for less than a year. He learned the printer's trade, and at seventeen he ran away to Philadelphia....

(b. January 17, 1706; d. April 17, 1790) Printer and publisher, scientist and inventor, ambassador and statesman, politician. Benjamin Franklin's impact on America's independence movement and its aftermath cannot be overstated. Franklin...

1706-1790 American Scientist, Inventor and Statesman Benjamin Franklin is one of the best known Americans of the eighteenth century. He made significant contributions to a number of fields, including playing a major role in the founding of the United...

(born Jan. 17, 1706, Boston, Mass.—died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.) American printer and publisher, author, scientist and inventor, and diplomat. He was apprenticed at age 12 to his brother, a local printer. He taught himself to...

1706-1790 American writer, publisher, scientist, diplomat, and inventor who made significant contributions to a number of fields, including playing a major role in the founding of the United States as an independent nation. In science and technology,...

Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17 1790) was one of the most important and influental Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic...