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NutmegCT

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A long-time friend of mine is doing a series of short videos on some of the writings of Benjamin Franklin. He uses Franklin's original texts, with no "modern" comments or interpretation.

We're looking for input (pro and con) on the videos. A sample:


The series:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI46Yq8wErjJpUPrXO7eKhg/videos

I'd appreciate your leaving any comments here in this thread, pro or con, suggestions, whatever.

Thanks.
Tom M.
 
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Lose the wedding ring.... Franklin was never legally married; he had a common law wife.
 
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Gliderman8 said:
Lose the wedding ring.... Franklin was never legally married; he had a common law wife.
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Which is why I can say I am related to him, but not officially..... True story, my mother's family is Franklin and we are related.... :smile:
 
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Which is why I can say I am related to him, but not officially..... True story, my mother's family is Franklin and we are related.... :smile:
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And congrats to you! So ... any thoughts on the video?
 
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I watched a few of the episodes. I found the one on "The True American Revolution" quite interesting. The one on "Independence Day" seems to stop in the middle. I wish it were complete. The Narragansett Mare is mildly amusing, but I think Franklin had quite a few more important things to say.
 
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John - thanks very much for the detailed comments. You're right about Franklin having more important things to say. My friend takes the texts from Poor Richard's Almanac, and many other Franklin documents.

Check out his video on Sugar, or the "Discovery of America".
 
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