Ben Franklin
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N 39° 56.933 W 075° 08.803
18S E 487466 N 4422094
He did it all!
Waymark Code: WM3G8E
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2008
Views: 25
Marker Text:
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.
Marker Name: Benjamin Franklin
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 06/30/1990
Marker Type: City
Location: Chestnut St. between 3rd & 4th Sts., Philadelphia
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Invention, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations, Publishing, Writers
Website: Not listed
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