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Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words...

Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words, indicates the depth and breadth of
Benjamin Franklin's public, professional, and scientific accomplishments
through important documents, letters, books, broadsides, and cartoons.
Marking the tercentenary of Franklin's birth, this exhibition, concentrates
on his achievements as a printer and writer, an inventor and scientist,
and, particularly, as a politician and statesman. The physical exhibition
will be on view at the Library through June 17, 2006.

Exhibition Overview - Transcripts - Checklist of Objects
Learn More - Public Programs - News Release - Acknowledgments

Exhibition Sections:
Introduction
A Cause For Revolution
Break With Britain
Continental Congress
Treaty of Paris
The New Republic
Scientist and Inventor
Printer and Writer
Epitaph