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Did Franklin and John Adams argue about an open window while sharing a bed?
VERDICTTRUE
Adams told the story himself. Travelling in September 1776, they got one bed in a small room at a New Brunswick inn. Adams shut the window; Franklin protested that they would be suffocated and explained his “Theory of Colds.” Adams wrote that he was so amused he soon fell asleep.
The receipts
- [Monday September 9, 1776], Autobiography of John Adams, Founders Online, National Archives
The comedy version
The untold story of Benjamin Franklin, who won the Revolution with an essay about wind.
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