(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural…
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Maryland State Facts
Entered Union: April 28, 1788 (7th State)
Present constitution adopted: 1867
Fun Facts
State abbreviation/Postal code: Md./MD
Nicknames: Free State; Old Line State…
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For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…
