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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 was Benjamin Franklin's sister and she supported the American Revolution.
19 dic 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.
26 mar 2020 · Early during the research phase, I came across an exchange of letters between Jane Franklin Mecom (1712-1794) and Benjamin Franklin and was immediately inspired. Mecom was Franklin’s beloved younger sister. They exchanged letters for pretty much their entire lives.
Jane Franklin Mecom - The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary. 1712 - 1794. BF's younger sister, to whom he was devoted throughout his life. A miniature portrait of himself, which he commissioned in London in 1757 and sent to her, is now in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Jane Franklin Mecom was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin. She was not, in any other respect, overtly extraordinary. As a widowed, middle aged woman of Boston, struggling to keep herself afloat with a small business and often dependent on the charity of her relations, she must have been
18 apr 2016 · Jill Lepore opens a smeared casement on the life of Jane, Benjamin Franklin’s gifted sister, confidante, and lifelong correspondent. While Benjamin was able to forge a path to greatness from his obscure beginnings, Jane, trapped by gender, starved of education, was not.
