Benjamin Franklin
Also known as: Poor Richard · The First American
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Benjamin Franklin: Old South Meeting House
Following her death, Josiah married Abiah Folger on July 9, 1689, in the Old South Meeting House by Reverend Samuel Willard, and had ten children with her.
Benjamin Franklin: The Boston Tea Party
Benjamin Franklin stated that the East India Company should be paid for the destroyed tea, all ninety thousand pounds (which, at two shillings per pound, came to £9,000, or £1.19 million [2014, approx. $1.7 million US]).