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Download a free copy of the last will and testament of Benjamin Franklin.

• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American statesman, inventor, philosopher, author, soldier, scientist and political activist. He is credited, among other things, with inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. He established the first public library and the first fire department in the United States. F
• ranklin became a newspaper editor, printer, and merchant in Philadelphia and became very wealthy writing and publishing Poor Richard's Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette.
• From 1775 to 1776, Franklin was the Postmaster General under the Continental Congress and from 1785 to 1788, the President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania.
• Toward the end of his life, Benjamin Franklin became one of the most prominent figures endorsing the abolition of slavery.

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Read a copy of the Last Will & Testament of George Washington (1732-1799).

• George Washington was an American general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775-83) and first president of the United States.
• Dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation, he presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.
• Washington became President of the United States in 1789 and established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department.
• Washington is seen as a symbol of the United States and republicanism in practice. His devotion to civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians.
• When Washington died in 1799, in his funeral oration, Henry Lee said that of all Americans, he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
• Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

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Read a free copy of the Last Will & Testament of Martha Washington (1731-1802).

• Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
• Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she was known as "Lady Washington".

Download a free copy of the last will and testament of Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994).

• Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 and was also the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953 to 1961), and the first born in the 20th century.
• Nixon was the only President to resign the office and also the only person to be elected twice in both the offices of the Presidency and Vice presidency.
• In 1952 he became one of the youngest Vice Presidents in history, serving under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He lost his bid to become President in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and after losing a race for Governor in California in 1962, he withdrew from politics. In 1968, however, he ran again for president of the United States and was elected.
• The most immediate task facing President Nixon was a resolution of the Vietnam War. He initially escalated the conflict, overseeing incursions into neighboring countries, though American military personnel were gradually withdrawn and he successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam in 1973, effectively ending American involvement in the war. His foreign policy initiatives were largely successful: his groundbreaking visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union. At home, he implemented new economic policies which called for wage and price control and the abolition of the gold standard. He was reelected by a landslide in 1972.
• In his second term, the nation was afflicted with economic difficulties. In the face of likely impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. He was later pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, for any federal crimes he may have committed while in office.
• In his retirement, Nixon became a prolific author and undertook many foreign trips. His work as an elder statesman helped to rehabilitate his public image. He died following a debilitating stroke at the age of 81.

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