There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments in business, politics, and diplomacy...
How do we know what we know about Benjamin Franklin? We know historians, museum curators, and archivists rely on historical documents and...
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Although Franklin began his life as the...
What was everyday life like for those who lived in early America? To get at the everyday lives of early Americans we need to look at the...
What in the first 40 years of his life made Benjamin Franklin the genius he became? Benjamin Franklin serves as a great window on to the...