FRANKLIN'S SECRET HEARTACHE: HISTORIANS HAVE LONG DEBATED WHY BELOVED FOUNDER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TREATED HIS WIFE SO SHABBILY. OUR WRITER HAS A STUNNING NEW THEORY.

The article examines the relationship between U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah, and highlights the factors that destroyed their marriage. These factors include the death of their son, disagreement over inoculation, and smallpox. The couple reportedly spent most of their marriage apart with Franklin living in England and Deborah's fear of ocean travel.