Franklin Benjamin ,Benjamin1706-1790. American public official, writer, scientist, and printer. After the success of hisPoor Richard's Almanac(1732-1757), he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Franklin negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the Treaty...
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(e.g., Franklin's common-law marriage and the fact that the real purpose of the fur cap he wore in France was to cover eczema) countering the traditional—but inaccurate—saintly image. Miller's large, detailed pen drawings, on every double spread, are stolidly utilitarian, though they ...
The conventional wisdom is that their marriage was doomed from the beginning, by differences in intellect and ambition, and by its emphasis on practicality over love; Franklin was a genius and needed freedom from conventional constraints; Deborah’s fear of ocean travel kept her from joining her ...
Benjamin Franklin: On Love, Marriage and Other MattersBenjamin Franklin
who would eventually become the last Loyalist governor of New Jersey. That same year, he established a common-law marriage with Deborah Read on September 1, 1730. The couple took in Franklin’s young, recently acknowledged illegitimate son, William, and would later have two children of their ...
Franklin after she had already been married once. Finally they choose to be together.Throughout Franklin and Read's 44 year common law marriage, they had two children together. Their first child was named Francis Folger Franklin and he was born in October of 1732. Unfortunately, he passed ...
Man and woman have each of them qualities and tempers in which the other is deficient, and which in union contribute to the common felicity. Tweet More quotes about: marriage When I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favors, but as paying debts. I ha...
Franklin often wrote and printed letters to himself, either to emphasize some truth or to ridicule some mythical but typical reader. A Common Law Marriage By 1730, Franklin began looking for a wife. Deborah Read had married during his long stay in London, so Franklin courted a number of ...
In September 1, 1730, Ben and Debby held the wedding formally, and they lived together with the illegitimate child of Franklin named William. After marriage, Debby gave birth to two children, daughter Sara became their life happiness, and son Francis died at the age of 6, gave the couple ...