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Franklin was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 1999 bit.ly/KZJdUt about 16 hours ago via web from Westminster, London
Thanks for featuring us! RT:@write_jobs Free to enter: Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize 2012 - £750 top prize bit.ly/KKlJCR about 16 hours ago via web from Westminster, London in reply to write_jobs
“A Pair of good Ears will drain dry an hundred Tongues” – B. Franklin, Poor Richard Improved 1753 3:06 AM May 23rd via web from Westminster, London
Franklin coined many electrical terms that we still use today such as ‘battery’, ‘positive and negative charge’, and ‘conductor’ 2:21 AM May 21st via web from Westminster, London
@BurghHouse1704 Thanks for the #FF! 6:46 AM May 18th via web from Westminster, London in reply to BurghHouse1704
moshogo International Museums Day: Museums in a Changing World - 12:00 at Benjamin Franklin House - moshogo.com/event/2785557 #CharingCross 1:53 AM May 18th via Moshogo Retweeted by BFHouse
In 1751 Franklin published an essay about population growth entitled 'Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind' 2:08 AM May 18th via web from Westminster, London
Our American Democracy lecture is on Mon 6.30pm. First 5 people to RT this will receive a pair of FREE tickets on.fb.me/IAhLNx 7:51 AM May 17th via web from Westminster, London
“A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far asunder” – B. Franklin, Poor Richard 1747 2:10 AM May 16th via web from Westminster, London
We still have tickets available for our US Democracy Lecture at the British Library on 21 May, 6.30pm! Find out more on.fb.me/JjYJwD 6:27 AM May 15th via web
Thanks for the tweet! RT@LondonDrum Museums at Night: Benjamin Franklin House will be taking part in the London-wide...http://bit.ly/L5KCw1 4:14 AM May 8th via web from Westminster, London
Silence Dogood, Polly Baker, and Richard Saunders were all pseudonyms used by Benjamin Franklin 4:11 AM May 8th via web from Westminster, London
LondonShh Shh...Benjamin Franklin House is situated at 36 Craven Street, the same street where Herman Melville resided in 1849 @BFHouse 4:06 AM May 8th via web Retweeted by BFHouse and 2 others
Franklin bequeathed a crab-tree walking stick to Washington, writing in his will "To my friend, & the friend of mankind, General Washington" 3:50 AM May 4th via web from Westminster, London
Thanks for visiting! RT @LaraSee: Londoners! The @BFHouse is delightful. 4:19 AM May 2nd via web from Westminster, London in reply to LaraSee
“Teach your child to hold his tongue, he’ll learn fast enough to speak” – B. Franklin, Poor Richard Improved 1734 4:18 AM May 2nd via web from Westminster, London
MFM_Westminster Great events coming up at #BenjaminFranklinHouse including Independence Day Party, print workshop madeformums.com/local/westmins… 5:01 AM Apr 28th via web Retweeted by BFHouse
Listen to Radio 3’s celebration of the glass armonica featuring an interview recorded @bfhouse bbc.in/IzdZB7 5:56 AM Apr 30th via web from Westminster, London
A trip to Boston in 1743 first sparked Franklin's interest in electricity 3:44 AM Apr 27th via web from Westminster, London
“A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easie” – B. Franklin, Poor Richard Improved 1734 2:42 AM Apr 25th via web from Westminster, London

Name Ben Franklin House
Location 36 Craven St London
Bio In the heart of London just steps from Trafalgar Square, is Benjamin Franklin House, the world's only remaining Franklin home, where he lived from 1757-1775.