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| Benjamin Franklin was a statesman and diplomat for the newly formed United States, as well as a prolific author and inventor. Franklin helped draft, and then signed, the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. As a civic leader, he initiated a number of new programs in Philadelphia, including a fire company, fire insurance, a library, and a university. | ||||||
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| Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania); Constitutional Convention; Colonial America, Life in; American Literature: Prose; Franklin, Benjamin | ||||||
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