Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
The US Postal Service was founded.
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.
