The Hon. Carl Schurz was invited a short time ago by several well-known citizens to publicly give them an opportunity to hear his two new lectures on "Benjamin Franklin" and "Abraham Lincoln." ...

In late 1772 Benjamin Franklin received a startling package from an unknown sender. It was a collection of letters from several high-ranking colonial officials in Massachusetts written to Thomas ...

Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of ...

Franklin's Bookshop in Philadelphia, 1745. Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, ca. 1910. Monday, Aug. 19 and Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the 2-part series now with KPBS ...

Benjamin Franklin finally agreed to meet his son in Southampton, England, in 1785. Yet when William arrived at the meeting place, any hope for a rehabilitation of their special bond was dashed.

Unfortunately, “Benjamin Franklin” doesn’t really bring this founding father to life. While such recent works as biographies of Muhammad Ali and Ernest Hemingway provided Burns and his team ...

Ken Burns' latest PBS offering, 'Benjamin Franklin,' is a four-hour look at the wide-ranging life of the Founding Father, inventor, diplomat and writer.

Benjamin Franklin’s mother and father, Abiah and Josiah Franklin, settled in Boston in the late 17th Century. Josiah had moved from Ecton, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683.