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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a Philadelphia printer, writer, scientist and statesman. He founded a library, a fire company and the academy that became the University of Pennsylvania, and became famous for his experiments with electricity. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence, won the French alliance and negotiated the peace of 1783. A breakaway state beyond the Appalachians was named after him.
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