How do historians define Ben Franklin’s “world?” What historical event, person, or place in the era of Ben Franklin do they wish you knew about?
In celebration of the 400th episode of Ben Franklin’s World, we posed these questions to more than 20 scholars. What do they think?
Join the celebration and discover more about the world Ben Franklin lived in.
About the Show
Ben Franklin’s World is a podcast about early American history.
It is a show for people who love history and for those who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world.
Ben Franklin’s World is a production of Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios.
Episode Summary
How do historians define Ben Franklin’s “world?” What historical event, person, or place in the era of Ben Franklin do they wish you knew about?
To celebrate our 400th episode, we posed these questions to more than 20 historians. Their answers offer many similarities in their temporal and geographic scope, but they diverge greatly on the people and places they would like you to know more about.
What You’ll Discover
- Adrian Weimer, Providence College
- Phillip Reid, Independent Historian of Maritime History
- Catherine O’Donnell, Arizona State University
- David Schmidt, Florentine Films
- Morgan McCullough, Team Ben Franklin’s World
- Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College
- Kate Carté, Southern Methodist University
- Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives
- Serena Zabin, Carleton College
- John Bickers, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Case Western Reserve University
- Nicole Maskiell, University of South Carolina
- Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University
- Márcia Balisciano, Benjamin Franklin House, London
- Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University, Emerita
- Marcus Nevius, University of Missouri
- Kathleen DuVal, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Karin Wulf, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
- Estèvan Rael-Gàlvez, Native Bound-Unbound Project
Links to People, Places, and Publications
- Adrian Weimer, A Constitutional Culture
- Joseph Plumb Martin, Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin
- Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin
- Colin Calloway, The Indian World of George Washington
- 1778 Treaty of Fort Pitt
- Park Street Church Boston
- Sheilla Skemp, First Lady of Letters: Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence
- Sheila Skemp, Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents
- Omohundro Institute
- Transcript
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Complementary Episodes
- Episode 285: Elections & Voting in the Early Republic
- Episode 300: Vast Early America
- Episode 389: Indigenous Justice in Early America
- Episode 393: Politics and Political Culture in the Early American Republic
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