William Temple Franklin
American diplomat · Writers · Lived 1760 to 1823 · aged 63
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Something wrong?William Temple Franklin, known as Temple Franklin, was an American diplomat and real estate speculator who is best known for his involvement with the American diplomatic mission in France during the American Revolutionary War.
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Temple's father William Franklin was Governor of New Jersey and a prominent Loyalist.
Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West (1783), shows the American commissioners who signed the 1783 Treaty of Paris. From left to right are John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British commissioners did not pose for West, and the picture was never finished.
Franklin painted by John Trumbull (1790-91)
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Father: William FranklinAbout this person
William Temple Franklin, known as Temple Franklin, was an American diplomat and real estate speculator who is best known for his involvement with the American diplomatic mission in France during the American Revolutionary War. Beginning at the age of 16, he served as secretary to his grandfather Benjamin Franklin, who negotiated and agreed to the Franco-American Alliance.
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