Benjamin Franklin: America's first Universal man

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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A biography of Benjamin Franklin by the editor of his letters, narrated by Merle Evans of the New-York Historical Society.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 73886
Municipal archives id: LT2970

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