State Library of Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin

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Materials by and about Benjamin Franklin from the State Library collection digitized in commemoration of his 300th birthday.
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Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania; an address delivered at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia at the request of Pennsylvania, April 17,1906
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, University of Pennsylvania.
Hampton Carson, Pennsylvania attorney general, describes the personality and interests of Benjamin Franklin, touching especially on those characteristics that led Franklin to be involved with educational efforts in general and the University of Pennsylvania in particular. Carson also mentions by name a large number of notable alumni.
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