"Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" is a letter by Benjamin Franklin dated June 25, 1745, in which Franklin counsels a young man about channeling...

Magazine's 240th anniversary celebration of the letter. "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" Flatulence humor Japiske, Carl, ed. (2003). Fart Proudly:...

an era when a middle name was unusual for ordinary people to receive, Francis was baptized as Francis Folger. Francis' baptism took place on September 16...

needed] Franklin wrote a letter, "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress", dated June 25, 1745, in which he gives advice to a young man about channeling...

to give. Know then, That I am an Enemy to Vice, and a Friend to Vertue. I am one of an extensive Charity, and a great Forgiver of private Injuries: A...

Riding of Yorkshire, England, immigrated to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania, where he was a businessman, a marine insurance underwriter, and later...

primarily on gathering military intelligence to support military operations. The Second Continental Congress created a Secret Committee on September 18...

States on a formal alliance. With official approval to begin negotiations on a formal alliance given by King Louis XVI, the colonies turned down a British...

"doer of good": a biography. London: W.P. Nimmo. Stevens, Henry (1881). Benjamin Franklin's life and writings: a bibliographical essay on the Stevens' collection...

before, a newspaper editorial had called for a system of public lamps to prevent crime and protect citizens at night. The glass globes were placed on posts...

contained in a large chest, which included his correspondence while in England and the manuscript of his Autobiography, to his old friend, Joseph Galloway...

Feore narrates. In 1757 Franklin moves to London, sent from Pennsylvania on a mission to allow the colony to tax the Penn family's lands. Franklin arrived...

Beginning in 1869, when he was promoted to rear admiral on the Retired List, he held legal positions, concluding with a year as the Navy's Judge Advocate in...

in Paris, where he enlists the aid of an old friend, Madame la Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac, a confidante to King Louis XVI. Franklin's hopes of winning...

Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural heart...

Black member. In 1984 when the Society was revived, a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed on Philadelphia's Front Street below Chestnut Street...

Medals were presented in 1998. Medalists are selected by a Committee on Science and the Arts (CS&A), composed of local academics and professionals from the...

agreement to found a library, for they had discovered that their far-ranging conversations on intellectual and political themes floundered at times on a point...

Self-Revealed is a biography of Benjamin Franklin written by William Cabell Bruce in 1917. A "biographical and critical study based mostly on Benjamin Franklin's...

emphasis on modern languages and science in place of Latin and Greek. The academy opened for the secondary schooling of boys on August 13, 1751, with a charity...

Americana was a medal made to commemorate the American Revolution. It was designed in part by Benjamin Franklin. A Libertas Americana was showcased on season...

National Park Service, assigned to Independence National Historical Park through a Memorandum of Agreement entered into on November 6, 1973. Under terms...

Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends...

recently released from a Tripolitan prison. From July to September she served as storeship for the Mediterranean Squadron and on the 24th departed for...

needed] In Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du Jacobinisme (4 vol.,1797–1798) Abbé Barruel attributed membership to key figures of the French Revolution...

agrees and meets up with Stella in a coffee shop to get advice before going to the airport to meet Ina, the new mistress. Ina is ecstatic at first but becomes...

who refused to support and sign "military association" charters. They were not affiliated with associators, or would choose instead, to pay a fine and suffer...

RSA on individuals, groups, and organisations who have made profound efforts to forward Anglo-American understanding in areas closely linked to the RSA's...

placing laws and taxes on the colonists without fair representation in the British Parliament. The Chronicle was published once a week on a Monday, the first...

"Rhodes awards Franklin medal to Bethe on 'a bittersweet day'". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved November...