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PA -- Philadelphia -- Independence NHP -- Franklin Court:

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1. FRANK_031227_001.JPG: This is Benjamin Franklin's grave at the Christ Church Burial Ground.
2. FRANK_031227_014.JPG: Benjamin Rush. Labeled the "father of American psychiatry," he was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
3. FRANK_031227_018.JPG: There are two steel outlines here. The one in front indicates where Franklin's grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache had his printing press and type foundry. In back is the outline of Franklin's house.
4. FRANK_031227_045.JPG: This printing demonstration is going on in the printing office. The building itself was never owned by the Franklins but it houses an 18th century printing facility.
5. FRANK_031227_046.JPG: This building was used by Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache, to publish the newspaper The Aurora. Bache frequently criticized George Washington in the publication.
6. FRANK_031227_084.JPG: This is part of a presentation about Franklin's life. You'll see him highlighted in a second photograph.
7. FRANK_031227_114.JPG: The outline in front is where Franklin's "good house" stood. After Franklin's death in 1790, his house was rented. In 1812, his grandchildren demolished it to make room for new construction.
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Description of Subject Matter: From http://www.nps.gov/archive/inde/Franklin_Court/

Franklin's House on High Street (now Market Street):
Benjamin Franklin first saw the site of his future home at the age of 17, while staying with the family of his future common law wife, Deborah Read Rogers. The Read family had built a small house at the front of the lot, and owned the surrounding land. After their marriage, Ben and Deborah inherited the lot and several adjacent properties. By 1763, Franklin had contracted with master carpenter Robert Smith to begin building a house on the High Street site. Franklin paid for his new house with funds he received for his service to the Pennsylvania Assembly.

During the house's construction, between 1763-1765, Franklin left for England as a colonial representative. Construction was overseen by Franklin's friend Samuel Rhoads until the house was completed. While Ben was in England, his daughter, Sarah, and her husband, Richard Bache, moved into the house. Tragically, Deborah died of a stroke in 1774, leaving Sarah and Richard as the sole tenants of the property. When Ben returned from London in 1775, he found the house filled with grandchildren. Though he was pleased with the house, he would only live in it sixteen months before returning to Europe, this time as one of the Continenal Congress' representives to France. Franklin remained abroad until July 1785, when he left his duties to return home to Philadelphia.

Franklin Comes Home:
While abroad, Franklin had developed a taste for elegant furniture, china, and silver. Before his return, he shipped numerous crates of fine European housewares back to Philadelphia. Franklin intended his house to combine the practicality of the colonies with the refinement of Europe. Following his return from France, Franklin found the house on High (Market) Street too cramped for his needs. In 1787, at the age of 81, Franklin began construction on an addition to the east side of the house.

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