A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache ... begins to grow among us,” he wrote ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

The members of the Chili Historical Society say the list of Remarkable Rochesterians doesn’t reflect the importance of agriculture.

In one capacity, he was a diplomat who met with American ... knowledge,” and I think knowing Benjamin Franklin’s story is very useful for any of us wanting to better understand who we are.

Before Benjamin Franklin became a printer, newsman, author, inventor, philosopher, diplomat and founding father of the United ...

But one of the passengers-American diplomat, scientist and, now, sleuth Benjamin Franklin-suspects the... Set in William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon estate in 1934, this slow-moving mystery is ...