Benjamin Franklin's annotated copy of the first printing of the United States Constitution. Franklin was one of the 39 signatories of the US Constitut

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Benjamin Franklin's annotated copy of the first printing of the United States Constitution. Franklin was one of the 39 signatories of the US Constitution, which sets out the supreme law of the United States of America and was signed on 17th September 1787. Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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