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Before he was a founding father, Benjamin Franklin founded the lending library. Now his belongings are on display there before heading to auction
A receipt from a book sale, discussions of tax negotiations and a mortgage register may not seem worthy of display in their ...
The artifacts include books, newspapers, letters and manuscripts printed by the Founding Father. They're being shown at the ...
Highlights from the Jay T. Snider collection of Benjamin Franklin are on display at The Library Company of Philadelphia, before heading to auction at Sotheby’s.
In 1738, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t yet the revolutionary history remembers him to be. It had been 10 years since he had set up a printing house and nine since he began to publish the Pennsylvania ...
More than 150 artifacts related to Benjamin Franklin spanning books, broadsides, letters, and manuscripts will sell at ...
The public is invited to meet Benjamin Franklin, making a rare appearance at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming ...
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