Benjamin Franklin and his future wife ... to me every enjoyment,” Jane wrote about Benjamin after his death in 1790, “Whatever other pleasures were, as they mostly took their rise from ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning ... who lived from 1706-1790. "As well as people have known me over so many years, that ...

Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change ... or do things worth the writing." Benjamin Franklin did both. Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects ...

But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left a small sum of money to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia with one condition: That they not spend it ...