Benjamin Franklin Collectibles and Curiosities

Presented is an original Benjamin Franklin signature, presented framed with an etched portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Jacques Reich. The cut signature reads “Benja. Franklin” with a dramatic flourish, or paraph, on the “n” in Franklin. Franklin signed in black ink. This rare cut Franklin signature was one of several prominent American statesman autographs collected together and bound in a 1809 volume of the Baltimore Evening Post. Paired with the cut signature is a beautifully executed etching of Franklin by artist Jacques Reich. Printed in 1903, Reich based his portrait off the famous 1778 Joseph Siffred Duplessis oil painting of Franklin. Jacques Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont commissioned both the oil painting and a terracotta medallion with Franklin’s profile from Duplessis during Franklin’s time in France. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1779 and quickly emerged as the most iconic image of this legendary statesman, later used on the American 100 dollar bill. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was a true renaissance man. He was an author, politician, scientist, inventor, and diplomat. Franklin was instrumental in the formation of the United States and served as the country's first ambassador to France. He is the only Founding Father to have signed all four of the key documents establishing the United States: the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Treaty of Alliance with France (1778), the Treaty of Paris (1783), and the Constitution (1787). Benjamin Franklin was born in colonial Boston...

Franklin, Benjamin. The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, Morals of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Now First Collected and Arranged; with memo...

Original edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette, "Containing the Frelbelt Advices, Foreign, and Dome?iclt." Printed by Ben Franklin, Postmaster and D. Hall at the New Printing Office , near the Market April 5. 1748, Numb. 1008 Fascinating surviving readable paper written in old world English. Complete with several classified ads about rewards for run away indentured (Irish & Dutch) servants. Slaves & real estate for sale...