Benjamin Franklin

John Adams: Season 1: Episode 3 -- 1777. A new period of separation from Abigail looms when Adams is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France along with Benjamin Franklin. Abigail insists that Adams take along their son, John Quincy.

Historian James Robertson takes on one of the most hated figures of the Civil WarMajor General Benjamin Franklin Butler.

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross quiz TODAY s Jenna Wolfe about what she knows about the City of Brotherly Love.

Historian James Robertson takes on one of the most hated figures of the Civil War € Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote "...in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Charles Osgood writes this page in the "Sunday Morning" almanac remembering how taxes have played a running theme through American history.

Many have called Benjamin Franklin the first Citizen of the 18th Century. As a writer, he's best known for 'Poor Richard's Almanac.' As an inventor, he's best known for his work in electrical theory.

Aside from The Bible, Poor Richard's Almanac became the most read item in the new colonies.

After many revisions, Benjamin Franklin and the other founding fathers signed one of the most important documents in history.

Benjamin Franklin was known as many things: an author, politician, scientist, philosopher and inventor.

She's a self-proclaimed straight-A student, but can Lanora distinguish Bill Clinton from Benjamin Franklin to save her stepdad's car? Find out in this preview from the next episode of <i>Repo Games</i>, airing Tuesdays at 11/10c.

A shipwreck thought to have belonged to American privateers is found - was this ship on a mission from Benjamin Franklin?

Mail ships took much longer than trading ships to cross the Atlantic: in trying to find an explanation for this, Benjamin Franklin came across the Gulf Stream.