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Weekly Story: So Was Franklin
Weekly Story An anonymous writer in the early Ninteenth Century expands upon a chance encounter on the street. I mention this industry the more particularly and the more freely, tho’ it seems to be...
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Clear the Way
Franklin—Man of Thought. Man of Action. Clear the Way. ————— MEN of thought! be up, and stirring Night and day: Sow the seed—withdraw the curtain— CLEAR THE WAY! Men of action, aid and cheer them,...
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Franklin: Plain Truth
American Thought In 1747—during the troubles with France and Spain,— Benjamin Franklin publishes a tract reminding citizens of the imprudence exhibited by those accustomed to peace who do not take...
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Franklin—To George Whitefield (June 6, 1753)
American Correspondence During the Great Awakening of the Eighteenth Century, Benjamin Franklin writes to his friend, George Whitefield—religious reformer and Methodist evangelist,—on matters of...
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Franklin: Freedom of the Press
American Debate Benjamin Franklin, after the adoption of the Federal Constitution, ponders the abuse of the constitutionally protected freedom on the press. But since so much has been written and...
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Benjamin Franklin—April 17, 1790
Benjamin Franklin. January 6, 1706—April 17, 1790. ————— To the French National Assembly. Delivered by Mirabeau to the French National Assembly Upon Receiving Notice of the Death of Benjamin...
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Franklin—To William Strahan (August 19, 1784)
American Correspondence Benjamin Franklin, in reply to an old friend in England, speaks of politics and business, as well as reflecting on the late Revoloutionary War. I am too well acquainted with...
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Weekly Story: The Politeness of Savages
Weekly Story Benjamin Franklin writes a small treatise on the savages of North America. What it is that I offer you the second place in, I beg you to hear; and don’t believe anything I say, unless...
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Pennsylvania Militia Act of 1755
Background of the American Revolution Benjamin Franklin—following the defeat of General Braddock at Monongahela, July 9, 1755—writes an act to defend Pennsylvania. The Quakers consent, providing...
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Weekly Story: Torches of Another Kind
Weekly Story On the evening the Stamp Act passed, Dr. Franklin, then in London, writes to Charles Thompson, as follows:—“The sun of liberty is set: the Americans must light the lamps of industry and...
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Weekly Story: Franklin—On Whitefield
Weekly Story Benjamin Franklin relates the story of George Whitefield in America. Some of Mr. Whitefield’s enemies affected to suppose that he would apply these collections to his own private...
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Shipley’s Speech—1774
Background of the American Revolution Following the Boston Tea Party, Dr. Jonathan Shipley—Bishop of St. Asaph—writes a speech intended for the debate in the House of Lords over altering the...
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Franklin Addresses the Constitutional Convention
American Papers Benjamin Franklin makes a plea for the adoption of the new constitution. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller...
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Weekly Story: Dunkers Seek Improvement
Weekly Story Benjamin Franklin observes a religious order’s differences. This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in...
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Weekly Story: The Great Seal
Weekly Story Naval Officer George Henry Preble documents the development of the Great Seal of the United States of America. Dr. Franklin proposed for the device Moses lifting his wand and dividing...
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