BUST OF FRANKLIN

By P. J. Chartigny In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

In the war that followed, Franklin showed himself almost the only vigorous administrator. He was the man who found the wagons necessary for Braddock’s expedition, he was even chosen colonel of a militia regiment. Then, in 1757, he was sent by the Pennsylvania Assembly to be the agent of the Colony in England, and thus entered on a new and important career.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

From the portrait by Martin, painted in England in 1765

STATUE OF FRANKLIN, NEW YORK

Designed by E. Classman