Authors: Jill Lepore
Flagg, Sarah “Sally” (JFM’s great-granddaughter),
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Lancaster library left estate of,
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marriages of,
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“Flourishing Alphabet,”
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Folger, Abiah,
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Franklin, Abiah Folger
Folger, Bathsheba,
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Pope, Bathsheba Folger
Folger, Keziah,
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Coffin, Keziah Folger
Folger, Peter,
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Four Dissertations on Providence
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BF in,
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BF’s autobiography in,
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Francklin, Jane White,
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Francklyne, Jane,
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Francklyne, Thomas,
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frankeleyn, franklin,
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Franklin, Abiah (JFM’s niece),
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Franklin, Abiah Folger,
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BF’s correspondence with,
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death of,
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fears of, about BF,
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pregnancies and childbirths of,
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Franklin, Ann (Josiah Sr.’s first wife),
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Franklin, Anne,
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Harris, Anne Franklin
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Franklin, Benjamin,
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American Philosophical Society and,
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birthday of,
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Constitution and,
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constraints on correspondence of
Continental Congress and,
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cures offered by,
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death of,
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Declaration of Independence and,
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Ecton pilgrimage of,
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fame of,
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on father,
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finances of,
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in France,
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as grandfather,
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health problems of,
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honorary degrees of,
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Hutchinson letters and,
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illegitimate child of,
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JFM compared with,
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JFM’s relationship with,
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Keith’s proposition to,
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letter of, on turning twenty-one,
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Library Company and,
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marriage of,
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opinions of,
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parents’ gravestone and,
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in Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
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postal route tour of,
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as postmaster,
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as president of Pennsylvania,
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prestige of letters of,
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as printer,
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printing apprenticeship of,
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reading of,
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returns to America by,
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rise of,
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running away of,
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as scientist,
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as “Silence Dogood,”
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Sparks’s collecting of papers of,
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spelling reform and,
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Stamp Act and,
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Treaty of Paris and,
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will and estate of,
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wit and humor of,
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see also specific works
Franklin, Benjamin, autobiography of,
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Franklin, Benjamin, the Elder (uncle),
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