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Sarkozy gives Obama a Benjamin Franklin gift
March 30, 2010
French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave President Barack Obama the gift of an 18th century document accrediting Benjamin Franklin as ambassador to France, a French diplomatic...
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December 15, 2011
The University of Virginia Press is putting the published papers of Washington, Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin on a National...
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December 15, 2011
The University of Virginia Press is putting the published papers of Washington, Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin on a National...
Clinton cites long- term US commitment to Afghans
May 11, 2010
Our civilian commitment will remain long into the future,'' Clinton said, with Karzai at her side in the ornate Benjamin Franklin ... Both countries' delegations were seated in the ornate Benjamin Franklin ...
The Almanac - - weekly
November 01, 2011
A thought for the day: Benjamin Franklin said,'' Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other. ...
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library...
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