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A portrait of Benjamin Franklin painted by Robert Feke

Arts & Culture | 1.16.2018

Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention

Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.

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