It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an illegitimate child and stole his best friend's girlfriend. He also wrote a friend a ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy ... and the United States Constitution. Franklin's long European sojourn ended with his return to America ...

Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence, wins French support for the American Revolution, and works on the U.S. Constitution ... the next two weeks. Sign up to get updates ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy ... and the United States Constitution. Franklin's long European sojourn ended with his return to America ...