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Was Benjamin Franklin America’s First Scientist?

The Michael Shermer Show

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Franklin versus Jefferson: commerce, cities, and paper money

Skousen contrasts Franklin’s pro-commerce, pro-paper-money stance with Jefferson’s agrarian, hard-money preferences.

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