Franklin was the best known of the Founding Fathers. His death could not go without some sort of official notice. The House of Representatives, after listening to a brief tribute by James Madison, voted to wear badges of mourning for two months and then got on with business.
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| Name: Edmund Morgan Profession: Historian Nationality: American Birthday: January 17, 1916 |
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