George Washington, for example, had to struggle his entire life to become–and stay–humble. As a young man, his ego was enormous. Like the young Benjamin Franklin, his ambition outstripped his ...

A Letter From George Washington. Abby Callard. July 23, 2009. ... a cane given to him by Benjamin Franklin and the candle lamp he used to write his farewell address in "The American Presidency ...

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, ... he wrote a fake letter from a German prince to the commander of mercenary troops fighting with the British in America in which he complains he is being ...

UC San Diego professor Alan Houston has discovered letters by, to and about Benjamin Franklin that haven't been seen in more than 250 years. The 47 letters are in the hand of Franklin contemporary ...

Benjamin Franklin’s mother and father, Abiah and Josiah Franklin, settled in Boston in the late 17th Century. Josiah had moved from Ecton, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683.

In 1772, a small group of radicals, mostly in Boston and New York, was pushing for American independence. Benjamin Franklin was not among them. He was in London, as he had been for the better part ...