The Historic Preservationist

A brief history of the French Monarchy.

Franklin dealing with; the constitutional convention, paper currency, slavery, inventions, death, legacy, and his will.

Franklins time on Craven Street, difficulties with the Privy Council, back to America and on to France.

Ben Franklin, Penn family, and Great Britain

Discussed are situations Franklin set up; Union Fire Company,American Philosophical Society, oil-lamp,the FranklinStove, lightning rod,Single Fluid Theory, Bifocal lens, Academy and College of Philadelphia.

Franklin enters into a common law with Deborah Read. With the help of Hugh Meredith Franklin enters into a printing partnership. Franklin sets up the Junto Club and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

We start with Franklin running away from his brothers printing shop eventually ending in Philadelphia. He began working for printers part time.

Marie-Louis leave’s Voltaire, Geneva incited class different regulations, Voltaire suggested that all watchmakers in 1770 come to his property in Ferney and set up their businesses there, hence this was the beginning of the French watchmaking industry that still thrives today. Voltaire entered Paris in 1778 even though he was banned, within a few days he hosted several old friends while seemingly in hiding , one was the American sratesman Benjamin Franklin. He died a few days later at 83.

Voltaires book Candide is a major Sartre in the enlightenment where he deliberately ridicules fanaticism and religion.

With the advent of Voltaires peers constructing an encyclopedia, he came out of exile to help them write it. After moving to Geneva, he married Marie-Louise and was not allowed to return to Paris by the French Government, for how much he irritated them.