The US Postal Service was founded.
Benjamin Franklin was named the first Postmaster General.
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US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Godfrey Copley Medal.
Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
