Just 40 years later the US bought all of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota; most of Louisiana, Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Montana as well as parts of Texas and New Mexico for today's equivalent of a little under $319 million. That's about $0.64 per acre. Average cost of land in the US today is $3,000 per acre. Edit: So yeah, land that far west from the first 13 wasn't considered all that valuable since you had an 11 day journey to any major economic hub. That is assuming 12 hours of the day you were actually moving, leaving 6 for sleep and 6 for meals, resting and watering your horse, revealing yourself, hunting and setting up camp every night.
I used to work here! My favorite part was at the very end of my tours I could play the glass armonica, what a beautiful instrument with a sound that fills the whole room. I wish I could play It just one more time
Truly love the instrument at the end. I always wondered what was used to create that particular sound in Harry Potter. Thank you for doing Objectivity. 💞
Franklin, being an advanced thinker of the enlightenment did not usually put on a gentleman's wig but instead 'wore his own hair' (to use a contemporary description).
An original Franklin armonica was on display at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia for decades with only a rope to keep people away. After several of the bowls were broken the niche it was in was given a glass cover in time for the American Bicentennial in 1976. It's now in storage, awaiting restoration.
Not a correct account - the actuality of broken and missing bowls on the original Franklin armonica was told to me personally by Mrs. McLaren of Princeton, NY who, as a direct Franklin descendent, was the family owner of the instrument who donated the device to the Franklin Insititute in the mid-1950’s. She told me the decision to donate the instrument came after realization the family children had taken to tapping the original glass bowls and breaking them one by one! So . . . the bowls were already broken when the instrument was donated. Also, I lived near to Philadelphia and upon my first visit to the museum in 1956 I saw the instrument on display in its own showcase, fully behind glass and protected - and on many subsequent visits over the past 52 years I have always found it fully encased, protected and behind glass in various cases and display areas.
Ben Franklin trying to buy Ohio is quintessential for Ben Franklin. Nothing seemed to be an insurmountable challenge for him, nothing seemed too lofty.
Wow! I was in London a few years ago and stumbled upon this building with the plaque completely on accident, thought it was really cool, never knew you could go inside!
It's interesting viewing Brady and his urge to touch things and it's not only he but also the founding director Marcia who has it too. But thats not all, I has it also when magnificent objects cross my path. Like the time I was in Oslo Norway and couldn't help myself and thus getting scoulded by the guard of the viking Ship Museum for touching the biggest of the boats. It's like touching these objects take on something more than they are. It's quite strange! And whats stranger too, is that many people scoff at religious folk that has the outrageous belief that touching a relic could have some effect on them. It's like, yeah we all do it. We all fel the urge of whatever the magic can be. To do what many religious folk do, participate with the object and draw some good out of them. Thanks
Franklin's Philadelphia home was demolished and sold off in lots in the early 19th century. They were bought by the Park Service in the 1950's to create a Franklin museum. Instead of building a modern museum on the empty site the museum was built below ground and a pair of surreal bright white wireframe ghost houses are now where the originals stood.
Lead poisoning wouldn't have actually been a concern for the players. From Wikipedia: "A modern version of the "purported dangers" claims that players suffered lead poisoning because armonicas were made of lead glass. However, there is no known scientific basis for the theory that merely touching lead glass can cause lead poisoning. Lead poisoning was common in the 18th and early 19th centuries for both armonica players and non-players alike; doctors prescribed lead compounds for a long list of ailments, and lead or lead oxide was used as a food preservative and in cookware and eating utensils. Trace amounts of lead that armonica players in Franklin's day received from their instruments would likely have been dwarfed by lead from other sources, such as the lead-content paint used to mark visual identification of the bowls to the players."
Yes, you are correct. The video demonstration comment, however, is inaccurate in mentioning a player’s fingers are in “direct” contact with, in this case, the gold bands (in actual historical instrument “painted” bands). The printed striping was on the inside surface of the bowls, not at all subject to direct touch by the players. So, if lead in that paint source was the poisoning culprit, it would have to be very indirect in transmission - at best, somehow transferred by water droplets moving from inside to outside the bowls. As a glass armonicist of now 34 years’ experience, this method of transmission is not detectable.
Perhaps mercury rather than lead contributed to concerns about playing Glass Armonica? I think mercury already had an association with madness (e.g. "mad as a hatter", due to the use of mercury in forming high-end felt hats). And gold bands on glass at that time may well have been applied through some gold/mercury amalgam process like "fire gilding".
He's my grandpa 8x. I think a lot of people might be related to him. He not only had skeletons in his closet he had them in his basement as well. That's a joke, they were for science. He took a lot of "Air Baths" in those windows.
Wait, I thought Ben Franklins house in Philly was still there, was it knocked down recently? I remember going to Ben Franklin's house as a kid for a field trip
It always fascinates me how people see the founding fathers almost like gods. The things they owned are seen like reliquaries left behind by ancient mythical gods
you don't happen to have the blue prints or measurements of the house? I'm thinking of starting to build proper houses again. like a revival of sorts. historic buildings are just so beautiful, can be easily maintained and have a higher value. also they are so well spaced out and make for a great home.
From what I've read, he was there on behalf of the Colonies, doing his darndest to get some sort of settlement to our differences. But Parliament kept blowing him off, so after a while, he gave up and left. And not in a good mood, either.
Always liked the glass harmonica. It is such a great example of The Enlightenment. I hope those Enlightenment values of reason and cosmopolitanism return soon instead of the medieval values that the hold world seems to descending into of superstition and fear.
O Benjamin Franklin! One of the signatories for the Declaration of Independence which made our country free. Not only free but diverse as well. No more waging war for another damn commencement of racism.
Was Ohio for sale? Who ended up buying it? If it was cheap enough that saving a few $ (pounds since they were british?) he could have got a loan. He did know a lot of rich women...
+Matt Hale - Franklin's protege, William Hewson had an anatomy lab in the basement of the building which is believed to be the source of the bones that were found.
@Andy Dorannuu -- Gotcha... But there are a lot of dimbulbs out there that do believe every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike and this one's been floating for a few years now.
0:30 not in France where he went after he was in London to get some help beating the British because they had treating him and his (new) country so poorly. Franklin 1, England 0.
Just the handwriting on his letter - a work of art.
"Saving money to buy Ohio"
Sure why not, lol
phahaha XD was it that cheap?
Part of Tennessee nearly became the State of Franklin. It's an interesting story in itself.
As someone born in Tennessee, that would have been a much better idea. ::)
I'm doing that right now. I would say it's going slow, but I'm confident.
Just 40 years later the US bought all of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota; most of Louisiana, Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Montana as well as parts of Texas and New Mexico for today's equivalent of a little under $319 million. That's about $0.64 per acre. Average cost of land in the US today is $3,000 per acre.
Edit: So yeah, land that far west from the first 13 wasn't considered all that valuable since you had an 11 day journey to any major economic hub. That is assuming 12 hours of the day you were actually moving, leaving 6 for sleep and 6 for meals, resting and watering your horse, revealing yourself, hunting and setting up camp every night.
I used to work here! My favorite part was at the very end of my tours I could play the glass armonica, what a beautiful instrument with a sound that fills the whole room. I wish I could play It just one more time
You missed a chance to make a British joke. "Poly-math, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and traitor to the crown".
Was thinking the same thing.
@Nathan Tony "I dont know if anyone cares" I do. They dont.
If you sign a treaty with the enemy, the traitor portion is null and void.
I love the seriousness with which she said "show me the Benjamins."
I think Objectivity deserves more views ☺️
People have been saying that from at least since 20k subscribers
We agree - tell all of your friends to tune in! :)
+Objectivity haha! I already do... I love your channels Brady... I watch most of them... Keep it up!
+Johan Krooneman Yep
So promote, promote, promote!
Truly love the instrument at the end. I always wondered what was used to create that particular sound in Harry Potter. Thank you for doing Objectivity. 💞
Franklin, being an advanced thinker of the enlightenment did not usually put on a gentleman's wig but instead 'wore his own hair' (to use a contemporary description).
An original Franklin armonica was on display at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia for decades with only a rope to keep people away. After several of the bowls were broken the niche it was in was given a glass cover in time for the American Bicentennial in 1976. It's now in storage, awaiting restoration.
Not a correct account - the actuality of broken and missing bowls on the original Franklin armonica was told to me personally by Mrs. McLaren of Princeton, NY who, as a direct Franklin descendent, was the family owner of the instrument who donated the device to the Franklin Insititute in the mid-1950’s. She told me the decision to donate the instrument came after realization the family children had taken to tapping the original glass bowls and breaking them one by one! So . . . the bowls were already broken when the instrument was donated. Also, I lived near to Philadelphia and upon my first visit to the museum in 1956 I saw the instrument on display in its own showcase, fully behind glass and protected - and on many subsequent visits over the past 52 years I have always found it fully encased, protected and behind glass in various cases and display areas.
Ben Franklin trying to buy Ohio is quintessential for Ben Franklin. Nothing seemed to be an insurmountable challenge for him, nothing seemed too lofty.
Wow! I was in London a few years ago and stumbled upon this building with the plaque completely on accident, thought it was really cool, never knew you could go inside!
It's interesting viewing Brady and his urge to touch things and it's not only he but also the founding director Marcia who has it too. But thats not all, I has it also when magnificent objects cross my path. Like the time I was in Oslo Norway and couldn't help myself and thus getting scoulded by the guard of the viking Ship Museum for touching the biggest of the boats.
It's like touching these objects take on something more than they are.
It's quite strange! And whats stranger too, is that many people scoff at religious folk that has the outrageous belief that touching a relic could have some effect on them.
It's like, yeah we all do it. We all fel the urge of whatever the magic can be. To do what many religious folk do, participate with the object and draw some good out of them.
Thanks
What a humblebrag that would be, "you know, back then I lived in this really small estate because I need to save money... To buy Ohio"
Yo, that rendition of the Harry Potter theme was brilliant!
Franklin's Philadelphia home was demolished and sold off in lots in the early 19th century. They were bought by the Park Service in the 1950's to create a Franklin museum. Instead of building a modern museum on the empty site the museum was built below ground and a pair of surreal bright white wireframe ghost houses are now where the originals stood.
Renting rooms in a somewhat cramped house in order to save money to *buy Ohio* is such a delightfully weird, yet somehow very American, thing to do.
The glass armonica has always fascinated me
Wow, he really was a great inventor.
I'm waiting for "Glass Armonica Hero", the home game. Excellent work, gang!
Brady stands in a room, older than the "discovery" of Australia.
omfg I love the old hand writing style!!!!
I like the director ^_^
Lead poisoning wouldn't have actually been a concern for the players. From Wikipedia: "A modern version of the "purported dangers" claims that players suffered lead poisoning because armonicas were made of lead glass. However, there is no known scientific basis for the theory that merely touching lead glass can cause lead poisoning. Lead poisoning was common in the 18th and early 19th centuries for both armonica players and non-players alike; doctors prescribed lead compounds for a long list of ailments, and lead or lead oxide was used as a food preservative and in cookware and eating utensils. Trace amounts of lead that armonica players in Franklin's day received from their instruments would likely have been dwarfed by lead from other sources, such as the lead-content paint used to mark visual identification of the bowls to the players."
Yes, you are correct. The video demonstration comment, however, is inaccurate in mentioning a player’s fingers are in “direct” contact with, in this case, the gold bands (in actual historical instrument “painted” bands). The printed striping was on the inside surface of the bowls, not at all subject to direct touch by the players. So, if lead in that paint source was the poisoning culprit, it would have to be very indirect in transmission - at best, somehow transferred by water droplets moving from inside to outside the bowls. As a glass armonicist of now 34 years’ experience, this method of transmission is not detectable.
No amount of lead exposure is safe.
Why is the bust of Franklin kept in the fireplace? That seems very odd.
Craven [cowardly] street! Someone long dead's shot at an adversary who lived there? And that Harry Potter theme was really terrific!
Great video, Brady!
Perhaps mercury rather than lead contributed to concerns about playing Glass Armonica? I think mercury already had an association with madness (e.g. "mad as a hatter", due to the use of mercury in forming high-end felt hats). And gold bands on glass at that time may well have been applied through some gold/mercury amalgam process like "fire gilding".
Benjamin Franklin is my favorite historical figure
I want to meet Benjamin Franklin!
He's my grandpa 8x. I think a lot of people might be related to him. He not only had skeletons in his closet he had them in his basement as well. That's a joke, they were for science. He took a lot of "Air Baths" in those windows.
I like her voice
Wait, I thought Ben Franklins house in Philly was still there, was it knocked down recently? I remember going to Ben Franklin's house as a kid for a field trip
It always fascinates me how people see the founding fathers almost like gods. The things they owned are seen like reliquaries left behind by ancient mythical gods
6:38 nice work Mallory.
No one seems to have picked up on the Glass Harmonica on the Beach Boys,Good Vibrations!
this was a great video
That painting of Franklin's son is really weird (3:34). Like an old person's face on a child's body.
you don't happen to have the blue prints or measurements of the house? I'm thinking of starting to build proper houses again. like a revival of sorts. historic buildings are just so beautiful, can be easily maintained and have a higher value. also they are so well spaced out and make for a great home.
Where are the bodies Brady????
I bet there was a brothel near.
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Dam this channel is good!!
Franklin was living in London the year before the Declaration of Independence? Learn something new every day!
From what I've read, he was there on behalf of the Colonies, doing his darndest to get some sort of settlement to our differences. But Parliament kept blowing him off, so after a while, he gave up and left. And not in a good mood, either.
That was interesting. But you did miss an obvious, "A penny saved is a penny earned." :-)
Time to go to Birmingham and see what's left of the Soho Manufactory, Erasmus Darwin's house and over to where the Wedgwood factory was.
What is the globe we see in the 23 and me segment at the end?
That bowl movement was unexpected...
Always liked the glass harmonica. It is such a great example of The Enlightenment. I hope those Enlightenment values of reason and cosmopolitanism return soon instead of the medieval values that the hold world seems to descending into of superstition and fear.
Have you been working out, Brady? You're looking ripped.
Hard as nails.
living the fitotron 5000 lifestyle
*''Mozart, Beethoven, Damon Albarn''*
MisterTalkingMachine The context is that she was mentioning "popular" people and not saying that these are equally great musicians
Juan, Márcia did also mention this on the day! - James
he named his son Frankie Franklin??
Francis Franklin
heheh so cool , I never knew :D
Wow
That picture of Ben Franklin's lost son... Sad, but it was a bit weird...
O Benjamin Franklin! One of the signatories for the Declaration of Independence which made our country free. Not only free but diverse as well. No more waging war for another damn commencement of racism.
Is that the house they found all the skeletons and skulls in
Those guys carried a purse.
sorry, we are all out of ohio. but maybe i could interest you in one of these idahos?
Was Ohio for sale? Who ended up buying it? If it was cheap enough that saving a few $ (pounds since they were british?) he could have got a loan. He did know a lot of rich women...
didn't Benjamin invent or formula a different recipe for ink.and had a ideal for a light bulb or lamp.or I should say room Illumination.
Grey is a spy
sssshhh ...
Issac newton house tour please🙏
benjamin franklin wallet, ohh that time ppl used to call that that
I like spoons
C4LUM-IRA- - Rusty Spoons???
Is the house a US historic site?
No.
Weren't there a bunch of human remains discovered there?
+Matt Hale - Franklin's protege, William Hewson had an anatomy lab in the basement of the building which is believed to be the source of the bones that were found.
@Andy Dorannuu -- I disagree. All historic information points to that story being the truth, and the converse is just another conspiracy theory.
@Andy Dorannuu -- Gotcha... But there are a lot of dimbulbs out there that do believe every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike and this one's been floating for a few years now.
Who was Harry Potters ?
A translation from the American into English? 😉
he arranged for a carrot?
I'm sure she's brazilian xD
Missed chance to play the Harry Potter theme on the Glass Harmonica...
I did buy Ohio but I didn't like it so I sold it to a Russian Oligarch.
comsubpac
I bought Ohio. The other guy had Park Place and Broadway. I lost.
Great joke Larry! (but it's Boardwalk)
”To buy Ohio” sounds like an euphemism, doesen’t it?
23-and Me ad at the end. What con job that is.
Con job?
Not really, no. Everything has to be paid for in the end.
0:30 not in France where he went after he was in London to get some help beating the British because they had treating him and his (new) country so poorly. Franklin 1, England 0.
@widhbnw efDwdwDW ... Touche Amigo!!
Printer... He thought himself a printer for all his life.