A Penny Pilfered: Picking Ben Franklin's Pocket by Beattie Tom
Author:Beattie, Tom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: whatdoesitprofit press, LLC
Published: 2018-04-28T16:00:00+00:00
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Ben seems to have had a thing for fresh air. He considered it conducive to good health and spent many an early morning stark naked in his chamber with the windows wide open, regardless of the season, taking what he called “air baths.”
(Okay, not a good mental picture.)
We know this from a contemporaneous report by an unnamed source in a London newspaper.
(Did Ben invite the British press in to shoot the breeze while thus occupied?)
THANK YOU NOTE
Dear Dr. Franklin:
Thank you for allowing me to interview you yesterday during your morning “air bath.” It was very revealing!
Belinda Blush
The Spectator
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