INDEPENDENCE
Franklin's House
Historic Stuctures Report
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

PREFACE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. TWO HOMECOMINGS IN THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

2. DR. FRANKLIN BUILDS

3. SORTING OUT THE ROOMS

4. LATER HISTORY OF THE HOUSE

ENDNOTES

APPEND1X A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

SOURCES

ILLUSTRATIONS

Title Page Photograph: Taken from a portrait of Franklin painted from life by David Martin in 1766, just about the time the house was finished. This is the way Franklin would have appeared at home while absorbed in matters of importance. A visitor in 1781 did indeed find him "in the exact posture in which he is represented by an admirable engraving from his portrait; his left arm resting upon the table, his chin supported by the thumb of his right hand."


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

No. 1. JOHN READ PLAN OF FRANKLIN COURT, 1765.

No. 2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S OFFICE.

No. 3. "IRON RAIL FROM CHIMNEY TO CHIMNEY."

No. 4. DINING ROOM, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOUSE, 1763-66.

NO. 5. WILLIAM LOGAN'S HOUSE ON SECOND STREET.

No. 6. DETAIL FROM KRIMMEL ENGRAVING "ELECTION 1815," OF INDEPENDENCE HALL CLOCK CASE.

No. 7. ICE HOUSE.

No. 8. SECOND FLOOR PLAN OF HOUSE.

No. 9. FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF HOUSE.

No. 10. DINING ROOM.

No. 11. FRANKLIN'S HOME NORTH ELEVATION.

No. 12. FRANKLIN HOUSE STAIR HALL.

No. 13. CADWALLADER HOUSE FLOOR PLAN.

No. 14. HOME OF THOMAS WILLING ON THIRD STREET.

No. 15. MUSICAL FIGURES ON PARLOR CEILING OF BELMONT.

No. 16. CLIVEDEN, BENJAMIN CHEW'S HOUSE.

No. 17. RAIN CATCHER.

No. 18. WATER CLOSETS.

No. 19. FRANKLIN'S BATH.



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