History of Benjamin Franklin

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After the revolution, Franklin served as ambassador to France and was hugely popular with his hosts.

After the revolution, Franklin served as ambassador to France and was hugely popular with his hosts. In fact he was so popular, that it became fashionable for wealthy french families to decorate the parlor with a painting of him.

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