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Which of Ben Franklin's grandsons was blessed by Voltaire?
I've seen this image and I was curious if anyone knows which grandson of Ben Franklin's this is receiving Voltaire's blessing:
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Franklin-Descendants-1
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Why was Lafayette imprisoned after the French Revolution?
I have read books about the American and French revolutions, but in all my reading it was never made clear why exactly Lafayette was imprisoned by the Austrians. It's clear that he angered the radical ...
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