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Dear Sir, Ben Franklin Would Like to Add You to His Network
Historian Caroline Winterer’s analysis of Franklin’s letters applies big data to big history
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When Ben Franklin Met the Battlefield
Most famous today as a founding father, inventor and diplomat, Franklin also commanded troops during the French and Indian War
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Invented by Ben Franklin but lost to history, the glass harmonica has been resurrected by modern musicians
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The ingenious founding father’s only surviving residence, in London, is reborn as a museum
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Benjamin Franklin Joins the Revolution
Returning to Philadelphia from England in 1775, the “wisest American” kept his political leanings to himself. But not for long
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“When Bandogs Howle and Spirits Walk”
Studying the nighttime hours across the centuries, says historian Roger Ekirch, sheds light on preindustrial society
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