Hybridization is the process of breeding a plant or animal with a different type of plant or animal. Most types of hybridization...
Deborah Read (Franklinâs future wife), daughter of John and Sarah Read, born in Philadelphia. 1712 Jane Franklin (Franklinâs youngest sister, and favorite) born.
(Franklin immortalized his wifeâs fiery personality in various fictional counterparts, including Bridget Saunders, wife of Poor Richard. But there are plenty of real-life anecdotes as well. A visitor to the Franklin home in 1755 saw Deborah throw herself to the floor in a fit of pique; he later wrote that she could produce âinvectives in the foulest terms I ever heard from a gentlewoman.â)