Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a ...

AN ELECTRIFYING DISCOVERY: Benjamin Franklin was no stranger to the eminent historian Edmund S. Morgan when Mr. Morgan set out to read the statesman and inventor’s complete papers several years ago.

The Treaty of Paris (1783) ended the American colonial Revolutionary War against Britain, and determined the boundaries of the United States, including the future Minnesota territory. American ...

In an era where shouting often drowns out reason, we need more voices like Franklin’s — calm, thoughtful, seeking unity over division. By doing so, we honor not only his legacy but also our shared ...

Benjamin Franklin was arguably the most successful person who lived in colonial America. There are many lessons to learn from his biography, but the following nugget of wisdom about choosing ...

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Through its Awards Program, The Franklin Institute seeks to provide public recognition and encouragement of excellence in science and technology. The list of Franklin Institute laureates reads like a ...

THERE are many reasons for welcoming Mr. Van Doren’s distinguished life of Benjamin Franklin. In style and arrangement it is a biography in the best classic traditions of that art. The modesty of the ...