American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first postmaster general.
How locals move
Getting around Franklin the local way
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