The Curious World of Benjamin Franklin: Hans Sloane, the British Museum, and an Asbestos Purse
Posted on: February 25th, 2019 by Omohundro No CommentsEmily Sneff is a graduate student in early American history at William & Mary and a Digital Apprentice at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. There is an object in the British Museum that was bought from Benjamin Franklin. A small asbestos “purse.” With only these details, the modern mind imagines the… Read More »