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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first portrait ever painted of Benjamin Franklin now hangs in the Bursar's office in Lehman Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 11/22/1928 | See Source »

...measure towards cooling brows that may still be fevered after the national sweepstakes which came to an end last Tuesday the Vagabond recommends attendance at a lecture to be given by Professor Murdock in Harvard 2 at 10 o'clock this morning on "Benjamin Franklin." The first few strenuous years of the nations history brought forth many great men but Franklin is in many ways the most interesting of all. Washington still exists for most people as an idealized and almost superhuman character; Hamilton seems aristocratic and haughty and Jefferson is chiefly associated nowadays with various obscure principles dealing with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 11/8/1928 | See Source »

...Benjamin Franklin," Professor Murdock Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 11/8/1928 | See Source »

When Governor Benjamin Strong of New York's Federal Reserve Bank died of an intestinal abscess (diverticulosis; last week, there were many expressions of sorrow. Reliant, well-liked & resourceful internationalist, he had supported heavy responsibilities, weighty matters of finance on his ailing shoulders. Governor for 14 years, for 12 years his steps were dogged with illness. World War loans, rehabilitation problems, international finances hastened his breakdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Death of Strong | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...damningly faint praise accorded dead Benjamin Strong by the potent Journal may give Gates W. McGarrah pause. Some think he, now Acting Governor, will soon be confirmed as Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Death of Strong | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

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