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Finding the Lost Letters of Benjamin Franklin with Prof. Alan Houston
Wednesday November 18, 2009 from 6:30pm - 7:30pm
The Community Room of the Encinitas Public Library
540 Cornish Drive
Encinitas, California 92024 Get Directions
Third Wednesday - Friends of the Encinitas Library
(760) 753-7376
While working in the British Library, Alan Houston, a professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, discovered nearly 50 letters by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin. All date to 1755 and document Franklin’s early contributions to the Seven Years War. Join us as Houston discusses his discovery and the ways in which these letters add to our understanding of an American icon.
Free to the public.
Category: Education
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