Hoping to improve these conditions, Franklin agreed to become Philadelphia's postmaster in 1737. ... As it turned out, Thomas Jefferson did the writing and Franklin revised it and made changes. ... When Franklin was eighty-one years old, Pennsylvania sent him to the Constitutional Convention. ... He was the oldest delegate at the convention. His attendance at the Constitutional Convention was his last major public service. ...

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He then studied law OCCUPATION: Planter OFFICES HELD: Justice of the Peace, Westmoreland County, 1757; Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-1779; Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention, 1788; United States Senator, 1789-1792 PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Chantilly, Virginia SPOUSE: First wife--Ann Aglett; second wife--Anne Pinckard MISCELLANEOUS: Lee was a staunch defender of colonial rights and was aligned with Patrick Hen...

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