Seven Founders -- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -- determined the destinies of the new nation.

Eldest of the seven, Benjamin Franklin, a New Englander transplanted to Philadelphia, wrote the most dazzling success story in our history.

But it can no longer be so once Benjamin Franklin ( the incarnation of the new rational man ) has flown a kite to it.

Aug. 4, 1821, nearly a century after Benjamin Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Gazette -- a century during which it had undergone several changes in ownership and a few brief suspensions in publication -- this paper made its first appearance as the Saturday Evening Post.

A valuable pencil-and-sepia allegorical drawing of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Honore Fragonard has been donated by the art dealer Georges Wildenstein and now hangs in the Blue Room.

In American history important spokesmen included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ( 1735 – 1813 ), and John Taylor of Caroline ( 1753 – 1824 ) in the early national period.

On January 19, 1879, Alcott and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn wrote a prospectus for a new school which they distributed to potentially interested people throughout the country.

* Bronson Alcott at Alcott house, England, and Fruitlands, New England ( 1842-1844 ) ( 1908 ) by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

Another shape note tunebook named The Sacred Harp ( 1844 ) by Georgia residents Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J.

Benjamin Franklin was familiar with Antoine, as they were both members of the " Benjamin Franklin inquiries " into Mesmer and animal magnetism.

The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.

He discovered methane after reading a paper by Benjamin Franklin on " flammable air " and carefully searched for it in Italy.

Notable 18th-century autobiographies in English include those of Edward Gibbon and Benjamin Franklin.

Other Revolutionary War heroes who became figures of American folklore include: Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, Nathan Hale, John Hancock, Andrew Jackson, and John Paul Jones and Francis Marion.

Benjamin Franklin Bache was editor of the Aurora, a Republican newspaper.

When asked by a reporter after getting struck by lightning why they were flying a kite in a thunderstorm, the duo explained that they were inspired by a documentary about Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790 ) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706 and baptized at Old South Meeting House.

** The Benjamin Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey

** The Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia, which presents the Benjamin Franklin Medal

* Benjamin Franklin Pierce, known as Hawkeye Pierce, fictional character in the M * A * S * H film and television series

In " Soda Pop and Paper Flags ," Alan Alda guested as a surgeon, a precursor to his career-defining role as Dr. Benjamin Franklin " Hawkeye " Pierce on M * A * S * H. Also in the first season episode The Strengthening Angels that aired November 4, 1960 Hal Smith, who played town drunk Otis Campbell in The Andy Griffith Show, also plays a drunk named Howard and is listed in the credits as " Drunk ".

* 1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American politician ( b. 1757 )

* Benjamin C. Pierce: Types and Programming Languages, The MIT Press 2002.

* December 25 – Benjamin Pierce, American politician ( d. 1839 )

* April 1 – Benjamin Pierce, U. S. politician ( b. 1757 )

Colonel Benjamin K. Pierce sailed down the Indian River and established a fort, naming it after their commander.

* Judge Benjamin Pavy, father-in-law of Carl Weiss, the young doctor who killed U. S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., was from Opelousas.

* Benjamin Pierce, Governor of New Hampshire and the father of U. S. president Franklin Pierce, born in Chelmsford in 1757

Captain Grantham purchased of land from Benjamin Pierce and then donated for the town of Flint Hill.

Governor Benjamin Pierce, a staunch backer of President Jackson, was influential in changing the name to Jackson.

One of his surveying assistants was Benjamin Pierce, father of U. S. President Franklin Pierce.

, members of the Fairfield Township Committee are Mayor Benjamin Byrd, Deputy Mayor Ernest Zirkle, Marvin Pierce, Sr, Angeline Pierce and Patrick Conahey.

The first settler of what was to become the village was Benjamin Pierce circa 1783.

Named for Boston railroad tycoon Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Cheney was officially incorporated on November 28, 1883.

Benjamin Pierce may refer to:

* Benjamin Pierce ( governor ) ( 1757-1839 ), governor of New Hampshire in the 1820s, father of U. S. President Franklin Pierce

* Benjamin Pierce ( 1841 – 1853 ), the last surviving son of U. S. President Franklin Pierce ; died in a train accident just before his father's inauguration

* Benjamin C. Pierce, American professor of computer science

A veteran of the French and Indian War as the " hero " of the fictional " Fort Wilderness " and widowed father of seven children, Benjamin does what he can to avoid fighting in the Revolutionary War knowing the implications surrounding it.

* Newtown, a fictional town in the show Benjamin The Elephant

In the " Hippogriff Cookbook " ( 2010 ) reportedly " the first literary work written exclusively for e-reader technology ," British authors Benjamin Leeds Carson and Perre DiCarlo introduce fictional wizards to the culinary value of the animal, which " giveth from its forelegs and wings a tender poultry, from its rear a robust steak, as well as both creamy milke and eggs that seemeth to emerge already soft boiled.

In the film, the fictional character Benjamin Martin ( Mel Gibson ) describes violence he committed in the French and Indian War.

* Benjamin Pierce, fictional schizophrenic artist in the David Cronenberg film Scanners

* Benjamin is a character in a fictional mystery trilogy by the author and intelligence analyst W. Patrick Lang, a former US Army officer.

Morgan and his actions served as one of the key sources for the fictional character of Benjamin Martin in The Patriot, a motion picture released in 2000.

Pickens and his actions served as one of the sources for the fictional character of Benjamin Martin in The Patriot, a motion picture released in 2000.

Sometimes a cameo features a historical person who " drops in " on fictional characters in a historical novel, as when Benjamin Franklin shares a beer with Phillipe Charboneau in The Bastard by John Jakes.

* The fictional character of Benjamin Martin in The Patriot, a motion picture released in 2000, was based on Sumter and his actions, as well as on Daniel Morgan and Francis Marion.

Franklin Benjamin Richards is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in Fantastic Four.

Old Shatterhand owns two famous rifles, the Bärentöter ( Bear Killer ) and the Henrystutzen ( Henry carbine ), both made by a fictional gunsmith called Henry in St. Louis ( based on gunsmith Benjamin Tyler Henry 1821-1898 ).

Benjamin " Ben " Jackson is a fictional character played by Michael Craze in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Benjamin " Ben " Stone is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Moriarty in the TV drama Law & Order.

Liberty's Kids features Benjamin Franklin and four fictional associates of his in their experiences during the American Revolution.

Reynaldo " Rey " Curtis is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order, created by Ed Zuckerman and played by Benjamin Bratt from 1995 to 1999.

The show has shown Hudson University on a map of New York City where the real life Yeshiva University is located, and a Season 20 episode, " Innocence ", depicted a fictional " Hudson Innocence Project " modeled on the real life Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

Norris Benjamin Cole is a fictional character from the British television soap opera Coronation Street, played by Malcolm Hebden.

" Kangaroo " is the fictional nickname of one of Lawrence's characters, Benjamin Cooley, a prominent ex-soldier and lawyer, who is also the leader of a secretive, fascist paramilitary organisation, the " Diggers Club ".