Benjamin Franklin (original) (raw)

Miniature by Thouron, 1782, Bridgeman Art Library, London

January 6, 1706 O.S. - April 17, 1790American printer — he published the first book in the colonies, Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723 — author, postmaster, statesman, scientist and philosopher, Franklin was instrumental in the formation of the United States. Initiated: February 1730-1Secretary: 1735-38 _St. John’s Lodge, Philadelphia_Junior Grand Warden: June 24, 1732Grand Master: June 24, 1734Provincial Grand Master, Boston: June 10, 1749Provincial Grand Master, Philadelphia: June 1760Deputy Grand Master: March 13, 1750 _Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania_Venerable Master: 1779-80, 1782 Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris Source: Denslow; Mackey