[DOC] [TLE] Turkey and Eagle: Ben Franklin Compares as Symbols of America [PAR] Bald Eagle/USFWS Franklin with his famous fur cap Eastern Wild Turkey, Gary M. 
... Franklin shared some thoughts about this new symbol of America in a letter. ... 
Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow ... For 
the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and... [DOC] [TLE] American Myths: Benjamin Franklin's Turkey and the Presidential Seal [PAR] Jan 25, 2013 ... ... country, excerpts a letter from Franklin to his daughter, in which he does in ... 
Franklin then expounds on the respectability and morality of each bird, which ... 
For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the ... For the Truth 
the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and... [DOC] [TLE] A Much More Respectable Bird... a Bird of Courage : The Colonial ... [PAR] Ben Franklin favored the turkey over the eagle as the national bird, but the 
gobbler has been ... paraphernalia, Franklin saw the noble turkey as more than 
Christmas fare. ... the matter of a fitting symbol for its new country, settling on the 
bald eagle. ... For in Truth the Turk'y is in comparison a much more respectable 
bird, and... [DOC] [TLE] Did Ben Franklin want the turkey to be our national symbol? - Gizmodo [PAR] Nov 20, 2014 ... Back in 1784, Franklin wrote a letter to his daughter in which he disapproves ... 
Franklin explained that the bald eagle had a bad moral character and was a ... 
For the truth, the Turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and .... 
Please enter an email address that is no longer than 63 characters. [DOC] [TLE] No, Ben Franklin Didn't Want a Turkey on the Great Seal | Mental Floss [PAR] Nov 27, 2013 ... The final design and inclusion of the bald eagle was the work of the third ... Here 
again, there's no record of a complaint from Franklin, who was then serving as an 
... In January 1784, he wrote his daughter a letter, the main subject of ... For in 
Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird,... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin turkey symbol: Why he hated the bald eagle for ... [PAR] Nov 21, 2013 ... Did Benjamin Franklin Really Say the National Symbol Should Be the Turkey? ... 
This story has more truth to it than some others about Franklin ... Franklin's lament 
of the choice of bald eagle comes from a letter he wrote in 1784. ... For in Truth 
the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and... [DOC] [TLE] What did Franklin say about the turkey? - tribunedigital-mcall [PAR] Nov 23, 2010 ... Benjamin Franklin wrote that the turkey had more admirable traits than the ... 
wasn't pleased with the decision to designate the bald eagle as the nation's 
symbol. ... about the eagle on the seal in a letter he sent from France on Jan. ... 
For the truth the Turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird,... [DOC] [TLE] American Bald Eagle [PAR] The bald eagle has been the national bird ... The bald eagle first appeared as an 
American symbol on a Massachusetts copper cent coined in ... Since then it has 
appeared on the reverse side of many U.S. coins, ... In a letter to a friend, Franklin 
wrote: ... The turkey is a much more respectable bird and withal a true, original. [DOC] [TLE] Bald Eagle, US National Emblem - American Bald Eagle Information [PAR] Benjamin Franklin wrote: ... Besides he is a rank coward; the little kingbird, not 
bigger than a sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. ... For a 
truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true
... [DOC] [TLE] Excerpt - Daylight Saving Time - Benjamin Franklin - Letter to ... [PAR] In 1784, the elderly Benjamin Franklin had served in France as ambassador for 
the past ... Early that year he wrote a long letter to his daughter, Sarah, now

Question: In a letter, Ben Franklin wrote that this was "a much more respectable bird" than the bald eagle
Answer: wild turkey