Benjamin Franklin Links on the WWW

• Benjamin Franklin 1706
  The editors of the Benjamin Franklin Papers at Yale University are in the midst of putting out a 40-volume collection on the writing and life of Franklin. If you want the most basic of outlines in about a dozen paragraphs, come here.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin Centre
  Franklin spent most of the years between 1757 and 1775 in England. While there he lived in a house on Craven Street. The process of restoring this house to its late 18th Century condition has been undertaken jointly by The Friends of Benjamin Franklin House and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Learn more about the house and particularly read the piece on the significance of Franklin's years in England.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
  The best Franklin source on the Internet from Leo Lemay, a renowned Franklin Scholar. Here you will learn about the different stages of Franklin's life from Printer to Elder Statesman. Each chapter in his life is broken down by year. Each year is fascinating and Lemay never bores with too many details. The only complaint: not enough images, but the ones that are there are superb.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin: American Statesman and Inventor
  Skip the small Franklin bio and head to the reading list. Good descriptions of Franklin's writings and where to purchase them. (Hint: Go to your library -- most will be there.)
  
  
• Friends of Franklin
  the premier Franklin organization dedicated to promoting fellowship, learning, and the spirit of Franklin.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin
  Like Franklin, this page is many-sided. There are several sections including a digitization of "Franklin's Autobiography," quotations, humor, inventions, and even a pretty cool science project. The site was created by three Franklinphiles (guys who love Ben). The only minuses are annoying sponsors and jive java. Still a big thumbs up though.
  
  
• Franklin Court
  Visit Ben's house, print shop, and an underground museum devoted to the famed kite-flyer.
  
  
• Ralph Archbold as Benjamin Franklin
  Think Ben Franklin is dead? Au contraire! Not only do Ben's ideas live on, but so does his spirit in the form of Ralph Archbold who portrays Ben all around the world. If your class needs to hire Ben Franklin, this is the place to come.
  
  
• The Glass Armonica
  Mozart played it, Beethoven composed for it, Jefferson wanted it. For a view of the lighter side of pre-revolutionary days, learn about the invention and rise to popularity of the glass armonica.
  
  
• The World of Benjamin Franklin
  From Philadelphia's way-cool science museum, the Franklin Institute, a page almost as boss as Ben himself. There's a Quick-Time movie called "Glimpses of the Man," a very useful Franklin timeline, family tree, glossary, and pages devoted to the many people that Ben was: philosopher, inventor, printer, etc. There's also a link to the Franklin Institute which you shouldn't click if you have work to do.
  
  
• "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America"

• Forgotten Founders
  The complete book online concerning the relationship between Franklin's works and the Iroquois.