C. Dallett Hemphill on Franklin Entering Philly @historymakingproductions
C. Dallett Hemphill on Franklin Entering Philly @historymakingproductions
Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
IN MEMORIAM: C. Dallett Hemphill

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (Franklin's Spark)

Historian C. Dallett Hemphill describes Benjamin Franklin's initial reactions upon entering Philadelphia for the first time. Fresh off the boat with the clothes on his back and a loaf of bread in each hand, how did Franklin encounter the small riverside town, and how did he lay his own path here?

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