He will portray John Adams, who after serving as George ... allowing him to embark on his voyage to France. The Benjamin ...

The task reunited him with Benjamin Franklin. Like Adams, John Jay, the third delegate, refused to negotiate until England recognized American independence. For once Franklin went against France's ...

Based on Stacy Schiff’s 2005 book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” the eight-parter will premiere on April 12. Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin during the ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...