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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 · She became Jane Mecom at fifteen, married to an unremarkable and increasingly troublesome saddler of twenty-two, Edward Mecom, who simply moved himself into the Franklin home and began attempting, unsuccessfully, to find himself a job.
The APS exhibition that developed, which turned into Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, was inspired by Mecom and her July 21, 1786 letter. The exhibition attempts to draw attention to the relationship between science and inequality, as well as the ways that science and education can improve society for all.
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.
8 de ene. de 2002 · “From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 16 September 1758,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-08-02-0038. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 8, April 1, 1758, through December 31, 1759 , ed. Leonard W. Labaree.
26 de sept. de 2013 · Carl Van Doren published “Jane Mecom, or, The Favorite Sister of Benjamin Franklin” in 1950. Still, Ms. Lepore grew so discouraged at the lack of material, she says, that she debated...
