Benjamin Franklin is born at today’s 17 Milk Street.
January 17, 1707
He is baptized that day at the Old South Meeting House. The house in which Franklin was born is destroyed by a fire on December 9, 1810.
Sources
- Lepore, Jill
- Kay, Jane Holtz
He is baptized that day at the Old South Meeting House. The house in which Franklin was born is destroyed by a fire on December 9, 1810.