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Wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
![[Join, or Die: This political cartoon by Franklin urged the colonies to join together during the French and Indian...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_Join_or_Die_s.jpg "Join, or Die: This political cartoon by Franklin urged the colonies to join together during the French and Indian...")
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![[Franklin's return to Philadelphia, 1785, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin_27s_return_to_Philadelphia_1785_cph_3g09906_s.jpg "Franklin's return to Philadelphia, 1785, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris.")
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![[Issue of 1918]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_WF_1918_Issue_2_24_s.jpg "Issue of 1918")
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![[Benjamin Franklin at work on a printing press]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin_the_printer_s.jpg "Benjamin Franklin at work on a printing press")
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![[Franklin bust in the Archives Department of Columbia University in New York City]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin_bust_at_Columbia_University_IMG_0924_s.jpg "Franklin bust in the Archives Department of Columbia University in New York City")
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![[Benjamin Franklin on the first US postage stamp, 1847]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin_SC1_1847_s.jpg "Benjamin Franklin on the first US postage stamp, 1847")
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![[Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Wilson, 1759.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_1759_s.jpg "Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Wilson, 1759.")
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![[A picture of Benjamin Franklin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin1877_s.jpg "A picture of Benjamin Franklin")
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![[Martin's painting of Franklin thats now in the White House]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_1767_s.jpg "Martin's painting of Franklin thats now in the White House")
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![[A bust of Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Houdon_Benjamin_Franklin_281778_29_s.jpg "A bust of Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon")
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![[An illustration from Franklin's paper on "Water-spouts and Whirlwinds."]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BenFranklin_Waterspout_1806_s.jpg "An illustration from Franklin's paper on \"Water-spouts and Whirlwinds.\"")
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![[William Franklin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WilliamFranklin_s.jpg "William Franklin")
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![[Issue of 1895]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin2_1895_Issue_1c_s.jpg "Issue of 1895")
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![[Issue of 1861]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_1861_Issue_1c_s.jpg "Issue of 1861")
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![[Issue of 1903]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Franklin2_1903_1c_s.jpg "Issue of 1903")
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![[Franklin's birthplace on Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Benjamin_Franklin_Birthplace_2_s.jpg "Franklin's birthplace on Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts")
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