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Besides a continual Risque to my Health by a Distemper
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Benjamin Franklin

Besides a continual Risqueto my Health by a Distemper which of all Things I dreaded, tho'...

Besides a continual Risque
to my Health by a Distemper which of all Things I dreaded, tho' by great good Luck
I escaped it

Full Transcript

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Besides a continual Risque to my Health by a Distemper
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which of all Things I dreaded,
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tho' by great good Luck I escaped it.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:58
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E02 But nobody in 1775 or 1776 has any idea how this is - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
But nobody in 1775 or 1776 has any idea how this is
S01 • E02 And, so, choosing sides also means choosing fates. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
And, so, choosing sides also means choosing fates.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Now, as he became a successful businessman, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Now, as he became a successful businessman,
S01 • E02 Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges
S01 • E02 Families are divided, uh, - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Families are divided, uh,
S01 • E01 Meanwhile, his former fiancée Deborah Read - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Meanwhile, his former fiancée Deborah Read
S01 • E02 Schiff: Almost everyone involved in the Revolution has family - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Schiff: Almost everyone involved in the Revolution has famil...
S01 • E01 Her husband had abandoned her and fled to the West Indies. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Her husband had abandoned her and fled to the West Indies.
S01 • E01 Reports came back that he had died there in a brawl, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Reports came back that he had died there in a brawl,
S01 • E02 So, this really does tear families apart. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
So, this really does tear families apart.
S01 • E02 In Franklin's case, um, it comes as a complete break - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
In Franklin's case, um, it comes as a complete break
S01 • E01 In Quaker Pennsylvania, Deborah was in a legal limbo. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
In Quaker Pennsylvania, Deborah was in a legal limbo.
S01 • E02 Narrator: By now, hundreds of British ships had arrived - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: By now, hundreds of British ships had arrived
S01 • E01 If she remarried and it turned out he wasn't dead, - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
If she remarried and it turned out he wasn't dead,
S01 • E01 She now lived with her widowed mother, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
She now lived with her widowed mother,
S01 • E02 Washington's army would be overmatched and easily routed - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Washington's army would be overmatched and easily route...
S01 • E02 British Admiral Lord Richard Howe sent Franklin a letter - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
British Admiral Lord Richard Howe sent Franklin a letter
S01 • E01 Franklin felt some responsibility - Benjamin Franklin 00:24
Franklin felt some responsibility
S01 • E02 Franklin and a small delegation met with Howe - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Franklin and a small delegation met with Howe
S01 • E02 Howe now suggested that the colonies might also have - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Howe now suggested that the colonies might also have