He’s 73, with an animal on his head,” notes one observer when clapping eyes on Benjamin Franklin – and Benjamin Franklin’s hat – upon his arrival in Paris. How then was this unlikely figure, for all ...

In February 1774, Benjamin wrote that he hoped to ... From the outset, his father hinted otherwise. Franklin never said his son was sick, but that he “had not recovered sufficient Strength.” ...

Benjamin Franklin was sustained by just this kind ... Franklin gathered about 100 aphorisms and wove them into the speech of “Father Abraham” (“a plain clean old man, with white locks”).

Like his father, William had his own son out of wedlock, William Temple Franklin. Unlike Benjamin, William did not raise Temple. Unaware of his paternity, Temple grew up with a foster family in ...

"Do well by doing good," a phrase often attributed to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, holds truce for company culture ...

Over 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin strung together a handful of ... think of saving as well as getting," the Founding Father wrote. "A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep ...

Rep. Brandon Gill introduced a bill requiring all $100 bills to feature a picture of Donald Trump on the front face of the note.

Death comes looking for an entire family that never should have existed in the fun new trailer for Final Destination ...