Benjamin Franklin National Memorial is located in the rotunda of The Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
American history resource provides a detailed biography of this man, who helped frame the US Constitution.
Comprehensive overview of the patriot and scientist provides a biography, a look at his inventions, and a collection of quotes and humor.
Contains the entire autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, arranged into fourteen chapters.
Jared Sparks supplies the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin along with extracts from his private journal, a travel journal and Franklin's will.
Supplies a short history of magic squares and looks at Benjamin Franklin's construction which used a logical structured underlying pattern.
Washington Post article by Robert Middlekauff examines the many friends and enemies of the well traveled statesman and inventor.
Visit the house on Craven Street where Franklin resided during his trips to England. Includes a biography and details about the residence.
Chronicles the birth and childhood of the Boston-born scientific genius and statesman. Focuses on his endeavors in the printing business.
Journal article discusses Benjamin Franklin's advocacy of the religious freedom and the case of Presbyterian minister Samuel Hemphill.
Resource guide provides primary source materials, narratives, activities, interactive games, streaming videos, interactive panoramas, and photos.
Examines the famous American's contributions to the understanding of electricity and weather.
Visit the Franklin Institute Science Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to learn more about Benjamin Franklin's life and inventions.
Examines the friendship between diplomat and scientist Benjamin Franklin and the Reverend George Whitefield.
Read the history of the invention of the glass armonica musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761.
Franklin Institute offers a QuickTime movie, a family tree, resource materials, and biographical facts. Link to his memorial and science museum.
Provides the complete last will and testament of the revered statesman, printer, patriot and scientist.
Franklin Institute Online provides a transcript of Benjamin Franklin's last will and testament, dated 1789.
Resource offers a collection of portraits of the self-taught founding father and details his life. Also find assorted writings.
Contains a short biography of this famous American statesman and inventor. Find a list of sayings, and links to resources about Franklin.
Consult a brief biography of Benjamin Franklin who invented, among other things, the Franklin stove, bifocal eyeglasses and the lightning rod.
Encyclopedia article about founding father Benjamin Franklin offers a history of his long and esteemed career in politics, science and letters.
Search a database of research papers about Ben Franklin, purchase a paper or read a FAQ.
Electric Franklin furnishes this short biography of the 18th century printer, author, political activist, inventor and free-thinker.
Resource provides a detailed discussion of the philosopher's crisis of faith.
Read a thoughtful biography of this early American jack-of-all-trades, and find out what he proposed, invented and discovered.
American history resource features a transcription of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin."
Read a thumbnail biography of this hero of the American Revolution, plus find quick facts and key quotations.
Keith Herrmann has compiled Benjamin Franklin's 10 most important rules of business conduct from a 1756 treatise.
Scholarly essay pieces together letters and correspondence of American inventor and statesman Ben Franklin and Eleazar Wheelock.