History buffs best get their paddles ready. A rare letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin has come to auction at Bonhams Skinner. The only known missive with all three ...
Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose latest book is “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.” In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and ...
Michael Douglas returns to television as a Founding Father in the Apple TV+ miniseries, Franklin. Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin, the brilliant scientist-turned-politician who embarks on a secret ...
On August 10, 1776, a committee of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt "E pluribus unum" -- "Out of many, one" -- as the motto for its Great Seal. File ...
Last month Eddie Marsan faced a happy dilemma: two high-profile projects in which he co-stars –Apple TV+ series “Franklin” led by Michael Douglas and Sam Taylor Johnson’s highly-anticipated Amy ...
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Independence (1975)

Directed by John Houston. Featuring Eli Wallach! The film explores the historical journey of America's founding, highlighting key figures such as Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson as ...
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, diplomat and publisher. The one thing he wasn’t was boring. So it’s kind of shocking to report that “Franklin,” a limited series now streaming on Apple TV+, is about ...
This Saturday, Jan. 17, marks Benjamin Franklin’s birthday — his 320th, as a matter of fact! He was born in Boston in 1706 ...