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Conversations on Franklin: Franklin and WritingWFMT Classical Conversations: Benjamin Franklin and MusicTejonihokarawa, leader and diplomat from the Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee . Painting by John Verelst, 1710. Photo: Library and Archives Canada
Franklin's Bookshop in Philadelphia, 1745. Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, ca. 1910. Photo: Collection of Elizabeth Ryder Declaration of Independence mural by Barry Faulkner, 1936. Among those pictured are Samuel Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and John Hancock. Photo: Library of CongressPortrait of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1777. Photo: Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State
Benjamin Franklin surrounded by members of the French court in 1778, during his time as Ambassador. Marie-Antoinette and King Louis XVI are on the right. Photo: Library of Congress American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain. Left to right: John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. Painting by Benjamin West. Photo: In the collection of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
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