Benjamin Franklin’s asbestos purse is a real historical artifact with a surprising backstory. In this Asbestos Rewind video, attorney Justinian Lane explains how Franklin described a purse made from “stone asbestos,” why people were fascinated by its fire-resistant properties, and how the artifact became linked to museum history.
You’ll learn:
- Why asbestos could be woven into cloth and twine
- What Franklin wrote in his 1725 letter to Sir Hans Sloane
- Why the purse was treated as a historical curiosity
- How the British Museum connection emerged
- What this artifact reveals about asbestos history
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