Franklin Exhibit Depicts Man Through His Letters ; Show Celebrates 300th Year of Founding Father's Birth

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WASHINGTON - Benjamin Franklin was a passionate writer, especially in the cause of the democracy he helped found, but even such a prolific man of letters may have had second thoughts about posting too-hasty words, according to an exhibit for the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth.

"Look upon your hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations!" Franklin wrote indignantly to an old English friend at the outbreak of the American Revolution. "You and I were long friends; You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours."

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Franklin Exhibit Depicts Man Through His Letters ; Show Celebrates 300th Year of Founding Father's Birth

Perhaps Franklin thought better of that letter because he never sent it. But it was preserved and is one of 75 items in the...

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