Benjamin Franklin, American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.

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Resource dedicated on Franklin's achievements as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist, and, particularly, as a politician and statesman. Includes lots of primary sources.

Returning to Philadelphia from England in 1775, the “wisest American” kept his political leanings to himself. But not for long...