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RE: Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius

in #phillyhistory6 years ago

This Breintnall guy was such an interesting character, I remember you mentioning the rattlesnake powers but has no idea he died in such a terrible way.

Those philly rattlers have a way of sneaking up on ya! Thanks for sharing this @kenfinkel

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His rattlesnake letters would make a great post. I really wonder what Breintnall might have accomplished had he lived into the second half of the 18th century. (That’s where the action was...)