The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than ... an authoritative library to referee basic facts. Books were rare and expensive in colonial America ...

This portrait, commissioned by Lay’s friend Benjamin Franklin, shows him with a book. Benjamin Lay by William Williams, Sr. (1750-1758) / National Portrait Gallery, Si; Binoculars: Michele ...

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