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What are some of the organizations and institutions that Franklin helped to found?

April 26, 2017FRANKLIN helped Institutions Organizations

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What are some of the organizations and institutions that Franklin helped to found?

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• The Junto, a social and intellectual club (1727) • The Library Company of Philadelphia (1731) • Improved postal service when Franklin became postmaster of Philadelphia (1731) and deputy postmaster for the colonies (1753) • The Union Fire Company (1736) • The American Philosophical Society (1743) • A Militia Regiment for defense of the western frontier (1748) • The Pennsylvania Hospital (1751) • The Philadelphia Academy and Charitable School (1751) later becoming the University of Pennsylvania • The Philadelphia Contributorship, the first insurance company in the Colonies (1752) But not the Free Library of Philadelphia (founded 1891) Source: Durham, Jennifer L.