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Ben Franklin (1706-1790) American printer, statesman, diplomat, scientist and inventor. Franklin was the 15th of 17 children of a poor candlemaker.
E. A Duyckinck, ed. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans from Original Paintings by Alonzo Chapel, Vol. I (New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1862) Frontispiece.
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