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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.35.21
Benjamin Franklin
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.35.21

Benjamin Franklin

United States, 1706 - 1790
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A founding father of the United States, Franklin signed all three documents that freed America from Britain. He served as the first U.S. ambassador to France and fulfilled many roles other than politician and diplomat – inventor, businessman, scientist, printer, publisher, author and philanthropist.
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