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[After hearing Dickinson bang on a desk.]

Benjamin Franklin: Please, Mr. Dickinson, but must you start banging? How is a man to sleep?

John Dickinson: Forgive me, Doctor Franklin, but must you start speaking? How is a man to stay awake?

John Dickinson: We'll promise to be quiet, sir. I'm sure everyone prefers that you remain asleep.

Benjamin Franklin: If I'm to hear myself called an Englishman, sir, I assure I prefer I'd remained asleep.

John Dickinson: What's so terrible about being called an Englishman? The English don't seem to mind.

Benjamin Franklin: Nor would I, were I given the full rights of an Englishman. But to call me one without those rights is like calling an ox a bull. He's thankful for the honor, but he'd much rather have restored what's rightfully his.

John Dickinson: When did you first notice they were missing, sir?

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Near the end of "The Lees of Old Virginia," Richard Henry Lee is seated on a water fountain, and then stands up. In the following shot from behind, he is back on the fountain and stands up again. See more...

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Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, died ten years after their marriage - a full nineteen years before Jefferson occupied the White House; the Martha Jefferson listed as First Lady was the pair's daughter. See more...

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1776 (1972) - photos

Directed by Peter H. Hunt, starring Donald Madden, Howard Da Silva, John Cullum, Ken Howard, William Daniels (add more)

Genres: Drama, Family, History, Musical

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