Grade 10 · Speech
Franklin's Closing Speech
Mr. President:
From the closing speech to the Constitutional Convention by Benjamin Franklin (1787) · Speech at the close of the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787, Benjamin Franklin (1787)
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