Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph ... But at his death at age 84 on April 17, 1790, brought on by a bacterial infection in his lungs, history had outlived the humor. The young man from ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife ... to me every enjoyment,” Jane wrote about Benjamin after his death in 1790, “Whatever other pleasures were, as they mostly took their rise from ...

Benjamin Franklin is a crucial figure in the history ... petition to Congress shortly before his death at age 84 in 1790, and he also included a provision in his will that his daughter had to ...

Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between Looming large on ...

But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left a small sum of money to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia with one condition: That they not spend it ...

Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change ... or do things worth the writing." Benjamin Franklin did both. Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects ...

This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...