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The USS Bonhomme Richard , was so named as a tribute by Jones to Benjamin Franklin, whose Poor Richard's Almanac was first published in France under the title, "Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard".

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he named it in honor of his friend Ben Franklin. his book poor Richard was bonhomme Richard in french.

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