Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
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The US Postal Service was founded.
Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Godfrey Copley Medal.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.