The Date of Franklin's Kite Experiment.

The article presents information on American inventor and statesmen Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity and lightning. The article explores letters written by Franklin in an effort to gain insight on the development of his ideas about the electrical nature of lightning. The letters include correspondences with other scientists including one that discusses his experiment conducted with the kite. The author discusses the date of this experiment and how scholars have written about this event when writing Franklin biographies.