The deputy postmaster general of North America and ... the fourth paper in the colonies (and the third in Boston). As apprentice, Benjamin Franklin does the grunt work—“I was employed to ...

But He Was The First Postmaster General Of The United States In 1753, the British Crown made Benjamin Franklin the postmaster of all 13 colonies, a post he held for two decades. And in July 1755 ...

1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than most the benefits of self-education.

Why a film about Benjamin Franklin? David Schmidt ... Through his role as a postmaster and printer, he exchanged news, ideas, and theories with well-connected and ingenious people on his continent ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...