You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius
This Breintnall guy was such an interesting character, I remember you mentioning the rattlesnake powers but has no idea he died in such a terrible way.
Those philly rattlers have a way of sneaking up on ya! Thanks for sharing this @kenfinkel
His rattlesnake letters would make a great post. I really wonder what Breintnall might have accomplished had he lived into the second half of the 18th century. (That’s where the action was...)