Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

Benjamin Franklin premieres on PBS stations starting Monday, April 4 at 8 pm ET. Television broadcast air dates will appear below if an episode of Benjamin Franklin is re-airing on your selected ...

But he was drawn to the subject, thanks in part to the master painter’s similarities to Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was the focus of a Burns documentary ... 18 and 19 on PBS.