WTF? Do our forum historians recognize this guy?
cardinal
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While doing some research, I came upon this painting of this particular person. I had not seen this before in my research, so I was wondering, how many of us actually recognize the guy, or his place in history?
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Colonel Sanders in a blizzard
A photo would be helpful....
Looks like William Franklin, Ben Franklin's son.
Chuck E Cheese!
He created the token that the presidential dollars were based on.
Yes, that is definitely Ben Franklin's son.
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I cheated by using tineye.com:
https://allthingsliberty.com/author/thomas-fleming/
William Franklin - Benjamin Franklin's son
I guess it was too easy! By the way, his full name was William Temple Franklin...so his initials were WTF!
He supplied all of Benjamin Franklin's correspondence and journals to have "The Works of Benjamin Franklin" published in the early 1800's. Here's the frontispiece of Volume 5 -- maybe @Baley would approve of this design??
I think Temple was the grandson of Ben and the son of William...Everyone but Ben was Illegitimate, so there's that also
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
I have this book and several first edition works by Ben Franklin. He's a true genius. Let me know if you need to get a hold of the book!
Was it this?
Man I had to remove that it was to scary...
So I put this up instead.
Hoard the keys.
Dude.
Ben Franklin was quite a character, and a true genius as well. I have read quite a bit about Ben... His membership in the Hellfire club - or at least his participation in their activities - was just another facet of this most interesting individual.
Cheers, RickO
Funny......the photo is upright in my file.
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection