1796 - 1790

Nationality:
American

Historical Period:
The 18th Century

Groups

• The Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a Founding Father of the American republic, an author, inventor, and diplomat whose life and ideas came to be identified with the new American nation. He wrote the best selling Poor Richard’s Almanac (1733), a posthumously published Autobiography, and many articles advocating American independence from Great Britain. From 1776-1785 he was the American ambassador to France, and from 1785-1788 he was governor of Pennsylvania.

Titles:

• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, in 12 vols.
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. I Autobiography, Letters and Misc. Writings 1725-1734
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. II Letters and Misc. Writings 1735-1753
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. III Letters and Misc. Writings 1753-1763
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. V Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VI Letters and Misc. Writings 1772-1775
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VII Letters and Misc. Writings 1775-1779
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VIII Letters and Misc. Writings 1779-1781
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IX Letters and Misc. Writings 1781-1782
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. X Letters and Misc. Writings 1782-1784
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. XI Letters and Misc. Writings 1784-1788
• Author: The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. XII Letters and Misc. Writings 1788-1790, Supplement, Indexes

Quotations:

• Benjamin Franklin on the "superstructure" of Good Government (1736)
• Benjamin Franklin on killing and cooking a turkey with electricity (1748)
• Benjamin Franklin on the trade off between essential liberty and temporary safety (1775)
• Benjamin Franklin on making the transition from slavery to civil liberty (1789)

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