Benjamin Franklin's Walking Stick
date: label: Date made
content: 1783
name: label: owner
content: Washington, George
label: user
content: Franklin, Benjamin
notes: label: Description
content: A French admirer presented this gold-capped walking stick to Benjamin Franklin while he was serving as ambassador to France. Franklin later bequeathed the cane to his friend and fellow revolutionary George Washington.
label: Description
content: A celebrated writer, inventor, scientist, and advocate for U.S. independence, Franklin rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most famous Americans of the 18th century. Through advice and example, Franklin helped define the American ideal of self-improvement through virtue and hard work.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: National Treasures exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of State
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.032011
label: catalog number
content: 032011
label: accession number
content: 68016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cane
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (head material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (walking stick material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 118.11 cm x 3.4925 cm