LC-USZC4-9906: “Franklin’s Return to Philadelphia, 1785”. Artwork by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, published by The Foundation Press, July 28, 1932. Benjamin Franklin, Richard Bache, his wife Sarah, Franklin’s daughter and her son Benjamin Franklin Bache at dockside in Philadelphia. Franklin is greeted by Judge Thomas McKean, who stands on the right. A sedan chair with two African-American porters awaits Franklin on the left. The ship providing transport, London Packet, a Philadelphia ship commanded by Captain Thomas Truxtun, is shown in behind. The journey was 48 days and Franklin arrived on September 14th, 1785. (06/12/2015).

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