In the fall of 1727 Benjamin Franklin and a group of friends founded the Junto Club also known as...
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Lending Library
How did the Library Company start? The Library Company was officially founded on July 1st, 1731...
Union Fire Company
On December 7, 1736 Benjamin Franklin co-founded the Union Fire Company, also known as the...
Pennsylvania volunteer militia
In the early 1740s Britain was at war with Spain and France which put British colonies in...
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania traces its roots back to 1749 when the Publik Academy of...
Pennsylvania Hospital
The nation’s first hospital was the idea of Dr. Thomas Bond who approached his long time friend...