Located in front of Franklin Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)

Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist statesman, and scientist.  The eighteenth century’s most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house in Franklin Court starting in 1763, and here he lived the last five years of his life.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1990

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