Jane Franklin Mecom

Jane Franklin Mecom
BornMarch 27, 1712
Boston, Massachusetts[1]
DiedMay 7, 1794(1794-05-07) (aged 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse
Edward Mecom
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(m. 1727; died 1765)​
Children12
Parent(s)Josiah Franklin
Abiah Folger
FamilyBenjamin Franklin (brother)
James Franklin (brother)

Jane Franklin Mecom (March 27, 1712 – May 7, 1794) was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidants.[2] Mecom and Franklin corresponded for sixty-three years,[3] throughout the course of Ben Franklin's life, and some of their letters survive.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference anb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ireland, Corydon (21 September 2012). "The tale of Benny and Jenny". news.harvard.edu. Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ^ Lepore, Jill (2013). Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. Knopf. ISBN 9780307958341. book of ages.
  4. ^ Carl van Doren, ed., The Letters of Benjamin Franklin and Jane Mecom (Princeton University Press, 1950); Carl van Doren, Jane Mecom, or, The Favorite Sister of Benjamin Franklin: Her Life here first narrated from their entire surviving correspondence (NY: Viking Press, 1950)