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 ...

Chevalier d'Eon is an established diplomat and spy by the time Benjamin Franklin meets them in Franklin. Per the Encyclopedia Brittanica, d'Eon spied for the French in both England and Russia in ...

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.

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

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 ...