Benjamin Franklin | George Washington's Mount Vernon
WEBGeorge Washington may rightly be known as the "Father of his Country" but, for the two decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin was the world’s most famous American.
To George Washington from Benjamin Franklin, 16 September …
WEBMay 4, 2002 · “To George Washington from Benjamin Franklin, 16 September 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0026. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 8 September 1789 – 15 January 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of ...
The Rising Sun Armchair (George Washington's Chair) - US History
WEBRising Sun Armchair. George Washington used this chair for nearly three months of the Constitutional Convention's continuous sessions. Benjamin Franklin is credited with immortalizing the chair at the close of the convention, observing:
The Essential Founding Fathers: Benjamin Franklin and George Washington
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · Vastly different men, Benjamin Franklin—an abolitionist freethinker from the urban north—and George Washington—a slaveholding general from the agrarian south—were the indispensable authors of American independence and the two key partners in the attempt to craft a more perfect union at the Constitutional Convention, held in …
George Washington - Wikipedia
WEBWashington arrived in Philadelphia on May 9, 1787, though a quorum was not attained until May 25. Benjamin Franklin nominated Washington to preside over the convention, and he was unanimously elected to serve as president general. [215]
From Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 4 September 1777
WEBJan 24, 2002 · “From Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, 4 September 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-24-02-0389. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 24, May 1 through September 30, 1777, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984, pp. 499 ...
Benjamin Franklin, Espionage and Counter-Espionage | George Washington ...
WEBNational Portrait Gallery NPG.70.66. Benjamin Franklin made his fortune as a printer, journalist and newspaper proprietor, before taking up a non-executive role in his own firm to dedicate his time to public service.
Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia
WEBThe image of Franklin, the first postmaster general of the United States, occurs on the face of U.S. postage more than any other notable American save that of George Washington. [304] He appeared on the first U.S. postage stamp issued in 1847.
Founding Fathers: Quotes, Facts & Documents | HISTORY
WEBJan 30, 2019 · From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Fathers were colonial men who—before, during and after the American Revolution—created the governmental ...
To George Washington from Benjamin Franklin, 22 July 1776
WEBMar 5, 2002 · 1. Joseph Belton, a native of Groton, Conn., who graduated from the College of Rhode Island in 1769, submitted to the Pennsylvania committee of safety during the summer of 1775 a plan for building a submersible vessel capable of …
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