Not all. Pretty sure John Adams would not have been.
Hamilton and Jefferson would probably have written most of them though, about each other.
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I don't think they would have been called the Epstein files though. It probably would have been called the Franklin files. All of this stuff seems like Ben Franklin's jam.
No I don't think Ben Franklin would have done it for espionage or spying purposes I think he would have just done it for the love of the game.
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Ben Franklin's letter from 1745 is pretty good evidence that he liked older women. We're not just talking 30's here either; he implies women in their 40's and older.
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/eros/praise-older-women
The misogyny is strong, but at least it's not pedophilia.