An American history . VALEThe founder of Yale Frum the painting by D. Martin. Courtesy of U. W. FRANKLIN MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 149 editor of a paper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He was the firstAmerican who won fame in Europe as a writer and was Franklin who made the discovery that Kghtning andfrictional electricity are the same force. The Royal Academy,the most distinguished scientific body in England, electedFrankhn one of its members. InAmerica he had wide influencethrough his poKtical and satiricalwritings such as How a GreatEmpire may
An American history . VALEThe founder of Yale Frum the painting by D. Martin. Courtesy of U. W. FRANKLIN MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 149 editor of a paper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He was the firstAmerican who won fame in Europe as a writer and was Franklin who made the discovery that Kghtning andfrictional electricity are the same force. The Royal Academy,the most distinguished scientific body in England, electedFrankhn one of its members. InAmerica he had wide influencethrough his poKtical and satiricalwritings such as How a GreatEmpire may become Small and Poor Richards Almanac. Hewas shrewd, witty, practical, with awonderful knowledge of men and adeep understanding of affairs. In1753 he was deputy postmaster forthe colonies^ and later was the prin-cipal American agent in , more than any other oneman, roused the Americans to claimagain all the political rights whichhad been claimed by their ancestorsa hundred years before, and whichhad been taken from them byWilHam III. Selectio
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