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Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
On exhibit at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC
February 10 - May 6, 2012
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News & Events
May 29, at 11 a.m.
Department of State Records
David Langbart, archivist, surveys the records of the Department of State in the National Archives. (The lecture will be repeated at the National Archives at College Park, MD, in Lecture Room B, Wednesday, May 30, at 11 a.m.)
May 31, at noon
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times
Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph, was well educated and known on two continents for her grace and sincerity. In this biography, Cynthia Kierner shows us American history from the perspective of this intelligent woman. A book signing will follow the program.
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