Glass harmonica Franz Mesmer also played the armonica and used it as an integral part of his Mesmerism. An original Franklin armonica is in the archives at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, having been donated in 1956 by Franklin's descendants after "the children took great delight in breaking the bowls with spoons" during family gatherings. It is only placed on display for special occasions, such as Franklin's birthday. The Franklin Institute is also the home of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. A website has attempted to catalog publicly known Franklin-era glass armonicas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has an early 19th-century
John Wells (19th-century British politician) John Wells (19th-century British politician) John Wells (1761 – 22 November 1848) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1830. He was born in Malling, Kent the second son of William Wells, of Bickley Hall, Bromley in Kent and Holme Hall, Huntingdonshire, by his wife Elizabeth, sister of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet, Governor of the Bank of England. He married in Rochester in 1796 Esther daughter of John Puget, a London banker, by his wife, Esther, daughter of James Dunn, MP for Dublin 1758-62. Esther's siblings included John Puget, of Pointer's