A gold medallion featuring a profile of Benjamin Franklin, with the inscription BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON XVII JAN. MDCCVI around the edge, all set against a black background—a timeless piece that recalls both American ingenuity and the era when those swarming Germans were making their own mark on history.

Those Swarming Germans

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Those Swarming GermansAnother passage from the letter I wrote to Peter Collinson on May 9, 1753. Not a passage I am now, decades later, very proud of. At the time, I sincerely feared that the great number of Germans pouring into Pennsylvania might very well betray the country to the French, and lead to the

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