Session Details

Sunday, 30 December

655. Benjamin Franklin’s New Scientific Horizons

8:30–9:45 a.m., Burnham, Hyatt Regency

A special session

Presiding: Stephen Carl Arch, Michigan State Univ.

1. “Franklin’s 1751 Fundamental Document of the American Revolution,” J. A. Leo Lemay, Univ. of Delaware, Newark

2. “Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Strong Inclination for the Sea,’” David E. Curtis, Belmont Univ.

3. “Franklin’s Mercantilist Critique,” Carla Mulford, Penn State Univ., University Park

For copies of abstracts, visit www.personal.psu.edu/cjm5/.

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