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Jane Franklin Mecom (March 27, 1712 – May 7, 1794) was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidants. Mecom and Franklin corresponded for sixty-three years, throughout the course of Ben Franklin's life, and some of their letters survive.
Jane Franklin Mecom. Title Milliner. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / Patriot. Date of Birth - Death 1712-1794. Born on March 27, 1712, Jane Franklin was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin, who referred to her as his favorite sibling. The sister and brother corresponded regularly during their lives, and Jane eagerly followed her ...
19 de dic. de 2013 · Jane Franklin Mecom was the youngest daughter of the Franklin family and the sister of Benjamin Franklin. She kept a book of ages with the dates of births, marriages, and deaths of her family, and corresponded with her brother, who was a famous scientist and statesman.
Stern • Jane Franklin Mecom | 151 Jane Franklin was born on March 27, 1712, the last of Josiah Franklin's sev enteen children, the last of nine with his second wife. Almost nothing is known of her early life. She may have had some formal schooling—Benjamin once reminded her of a poet "we have all Studied and Copy'd at School"—
21 de sept. de 2012 · Just for starters: In the space of 21 years, during a life of poverty and domestic struggle, Jane Franklin Mecom (pronounced May-come) gave birth to 12 children; she buried 11. Their divergent lives. Jane and Benjamin, born six years apart, were the youngest children of English-born Josiah Franklin, a struggling Boston soap boiler.
Blog APS Library. Jane Franklin Mecom and the Inspiration for Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist. Janine Boldt. March 26, 2020. Janine Yorimoto Boldt is the 2018-2020 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow. She is lead curator for the 2020... More.
This book, a deft and readable account of the life of Benjamin Franklin's sister Jane Franklin Mecom, is a gift to a public drowning in the perpetual flow of male “founders” history.
