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* Franklin Library – Great Books of the Western World and Oxford Library of the World's Great Books series
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Franklin and Library
* Finding Franklin: A Resource Guide Library of Congress
* Library of Congress web resource: Benajmin Franklin ... In His Own Words
* The Chiang Kai-shek Index at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
* Collection of Documents at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Library, Part 1 and Part 2
* Benjamin Franklin starts the Library Company of Philadelphia.
** 75th Anniversary of Social Security at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Library
* 1978, Franklin Library ISBN 0-8124-1717-8, signed limited edition Leather Bound
* Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York
Franklin Parish Library in downtown Winnsboro historic district
The Franklin Community Library, which also functions as the library for Franklin High School and Toby Johnson Middle School, is located at 10055 Franklin High Road.
* Franklin Public Library
* Franklin Lakes Public Library
* Franklin Township Public Library
The Main or Central library is the Franklin County Library located in Louisburg.
Library cards are free to Franklin County residents.
The Hallstead-Great Bend Branch Library is located on 201 Franklin Street, Hallstead PA.
* November 1920 — The Hallstead Public Library moved to present location ( 201 Franklin Street ), sharing facilities with local jail.
* ( reprinted in The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 275, Number 2, February 1963 ), obtained from Independence National Historical Park Library and Archive, 143 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia PA 19106
In 1731, Benjamin Franklin established the Library Company of Philadelphia, the first library owned by a group of public citizens, which quickly expanded beyond the realm of books and became a center of scientific experiment, and which hosted public exhibitions of scientific experiments.
Benjamin Franklin invested a town in Massachusetts with a collection of books that the town voted to make available to all free of charge, forming the first Public Library.
:: The Los Angeles Public Library paraphrased this as " Books will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no books " on an in-library poster featuring the likeness of Freewheelin ' Franklin.
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* 1945 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office ; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.
* 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N. Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
* 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
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.
* 1786 – John Franklin, English navy officer and explorer ( d. 1847 )
* 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
* 1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
* 1784 – Western North Carolina ( now eastern Tennessee ) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin ; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
* 1933 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 " forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates " by U. S. citizens.
* 1943 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
" Benjamin Franklin ," Dictionary of American Biography ( 1931 ) – vol 3, with hot links online
Franklin of Philadelphia ( 1986 ) – excellent scholarly study excerpt and text search
The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin ( 1997 ) – fresh look at the intellectual roots of Franklin
The Many-Sided Franklin ( 1899 ) online edition – collection of scholarly essays
** " Franklin as Printer and Publisher " in The Century ( April 1899 ) v. 57 pp. 803 – 18.
** " Franklin as Scientist " in The Century ( September 1899 ) v. 57 pp. 750 – 63.
** " Franklin as Politician and Diplomatist " in The Century ( October 1899 ) v. 57 pp. 881 – 899.
Reappraising Benjamin Franklin: A Bicentennial Perspective ( 1993 ) – scholarly essays
* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.
43 # 2 pp 161 – 175 ; Franklin took pride in his working class origins and his printer's skills
* Benjamin Franklin: First American Diplomat, 1776 – 1785 US State Department
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