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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 119. Chapters: Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Boone, Samuel Brady, Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, William Penn, John Dickinson, Mary Campbell, Conrad Weiser, Haym Solomon, Thomas Gaddis, Curtis Grubb, William Yardley, Joseph Reed, Thomas Brown, John Penn, Lazarus Stewart, William Crawford, George Bryan, William Allen, Peter Grubb, Jr., Henry Stauffer, Teedyuscung, William Trent, Thomas Wharton Jr., George Croghan, Laurentius Carels, Shikellamy, John Wright, Oswald Eve, Jehu Eyre, Tanacharison, James Ewing, Jacob Beltzhoover, Thomas Penn, Mary Jemison, John Armstrong, Sr., Louis Timothee, Sarah Franklin Bache, Patrick Anderson, Robert Coleman, Esther de Berdt, Morgan Edwards, Olof Persson Stille, James Burd, Peter Henry, John Morgan, William Shippen, Jr., William Tennent, Thomas Holme, John Heckewelder, Custaloga, Deborah Read, Christian Frederick Post, George Ross, John Potts, Family of William Allen, Joseph Turner, Guyasuta, Hannah Callowhill Penn, William Penn, Jr., Edward Shippen, Charles Willing, Edmund Plowden, Tench Francis, Sr., John Connolly, Richard Penn, Sr., William Crispin, Springett Penn, Samson Levy, Joseph Wharton, Lappawinsoe. Excerpt: Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. Franklin earned the title of "The First Ame...
