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== Occult and Illegal Activities ==
== Occult and Illegal Activities ==
Benjamin Franklin was a [[Freemason]]. His investigation of the [[Hellfire Club]]<ref>[http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_02-06/031_leibniz_halle_rev.html Leibniz, Halle, and The American Revolution by Edward Spannaus]</ref> – a secret society that engaged in mockeries of religious ceremonies and debauchery<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/hellfire.html The 'Hell Fire Club' Marjie Bloy Ph.D.]</ref> – may or may not have lead to his becoming a member.<ref>[http://www.infowars.com/articles/occult/hellfire.htm Benjamin Franklin, the Occult and The Elite]</ref> Certainly, his ongoing association with its notorious founder, [[Sir Francis Dashwood]], has been established.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vAkNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22francis+dashwood%22+%22benjamin+franklin%22+*.org&source=web&ots=_DGAo2Lht3&sig=V6iHSWafbaISr32cdmUTZviz2qI Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. By Randolph SHIPLEY KLEIN]</ref>
Benjamin Franklin was a [[Freemason]]. As a young man (1724) Franklin was sent on a mission to investige the [[Hellfire Club]] in London<ref>[http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_02-06/031_leibniz_halle_rev.html Leibniz, Halle, and The American Revolution by Edward Spannaus]</ref> – a secret society that engaged in mockeries of religious ceremonies and debauchery<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/hellfire.html The 'Hell Fire Club' Marjie Bloy Ph.D.]</ref> – It has been claimed he had an ongoing association with its founder, [[Sir Francis Dashwood]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vAkNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22francis+dashwood%22+%22benjamin+franklin%22+*.org&source=web&ots=_DGAo2Lht3&sig=V6iHSWafbaISr32cdmUTZviz2qI Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. By Randolph SHIPLEY KLEIN]</ref>
In 1998, workmen restoring Franklin's London home dug up the remains of six children and four adults hidden below the home,<ref>[http://benfranklin.tribe.net/thread/510cda6f-3ee8-4ef1-86b4-9525f4ed28c4]</ref> the remains showed signs of dissection, and are believed to be related to medical research of the time, performed on illegally acquired cadavers.<ref>[http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0998/0998gaz5.html Bones in the Basement of Franklin's London Digs]</ref>
In 1998, workmen restoring Franklin's London home dug up the remains of six children and four adults hidden below the home,<ref>[http://benfranklin.tribe.net/thread/510cda6f-3ee8-4ef1-86b4-9525f4ed28c4]</ref> the remains showed signs of dissection, and are believed to be related to medical research of the time, performed on illegally acquired cadavers. Franklin lived there during the 1750's and 1760's.<ref>[http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0998/0998gaz5.html Bones in the Basement of Franklin's London Digs]</ref>
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