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Benjamin Franklin

Aiming for the Sky: Early Aeronautics and the American Philosophical Society

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Franklin stands before the Lords in Council

How Alexander Wedderburn Cost England America

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Historic Postal Records as Open Data

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The weak, brittle spine leather shattered under the lifting knife.

Ben Franklin Is Rendered Spineless

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Back cover of Ben Franklin's Book of Common Prayer with conservator's hand

Ben Franklin and the Body of Evidence

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Book of Common Prayer

Ben Franklin and the Ravages of Time

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