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

The town was first laid out in 1764, and lots were advertised for sale on July 19 in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette

1-2: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Writers / Matt Broome & Ryan Benjamin, pencils / Sean Parsons, inks

4: Abnett and Lanning, writers / Benjamin, pencils / Sal Regla, inks

* 1-6: Chris Warner, writer / Christian Zanier, pencils / Steve Moncuse, inks / Ryan Benjamin, covers.

* 7-10 ( Shifter ): Warner & Mike Kennedy, writers / Zanier, pencils / Moncuse, inks / Benjamin, covers.

* 22: Kennedy, writer / Benjamin & Lucas Marangnon, pencils / Moncuse & Mike Henry, inks / Benjamin, cover.

While a Senator, Kennedy had unsuccessfully pushed a bill to preserve the Belasco Theater, as well as the Dolley Madison and the Benjamin Taylor houses, all scheduled for razing.

Benjamin Lundy ( 1789-1839 ), a Quaker, was a pioneer in preparing the way for anti-slavery societies.

In 1740, Benjamin Huntsman began melting blister steel in a crucible to even out the carbon content, creating the first process for the mass production of tool steel.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

The artist for whom he showed particular sympathy and regard in London was Benjamin Haydon, who might at the time be counted the sole representative of historical painting there, and whom he especially honored for his championship of the then recently transported to England and ignorantly depreciated by polite connoisseurs Parthenon's marbles.

Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

* McCoy, Drew R. " Benjamin Franklin's Vision of a Republican Political Economy for America.

* Benjamin Franklin and Electrostatics experiments and Franklin's electrical writings from Wright Center for Science Education, Tufts University

* The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection of Benjamin Franklin Papers, including correspondence, government documents, writings and a copy of his will, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

This is, however, not the only literal translation, as the root for right is identical to that for south, hence Benjamin also literally translates as son of the south.

According to classical rabbinical sources, Benjamin was only born after Rachel had fasted for a long time, as a religious devotion with the hope of a new child as a reward.

The Torah's Joseph narrative, at a stage when Joseph is unrecognised by his brothers, describes Joseph as testing whether his brothers have reformed, by secretly planting a silver cup in Benjamin's bag, then publicly searching the bags for it, and after finding it in Benjamin's possession, demanding that Benjamin become his slave as a punishment.

In the narrative, just prior to this test, when Joseph had first met all of his brothers ( but not identified himself to them ), he had held a feast for them ; the narrative heavily implies that Benjamin was Joseph's favorite brother, since he is overcome with tears when he first meets Benjamin in particular, and he gives Benjamin five times as much food as he apportions to the others.

He may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before settling on the Caribbean island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined sometime around 1716.

Included in the Museum & Gallery collection are seven very large canvases, part of a series by Benjamin West painted for George III, called " The Progress of Revealed Religion ," which are displayed in the War Memorial Chapel.

Francis Jennings noted that the statement made by Benjamin Franklin frequently quoted by proponents of the thesis does not support for this idea as it is advocating for a union against these " ignorant savages " and called the idea " absurd ".