This Day in History: December 15

American representatives in Paris begin negotiations with British agent Paul Wentworth, whom Ben Franklin considers unsavory and two-faced. The negotiations with Wentworth prove fruitless, although the motivate the French conclude an alliance with the Americans. [More]

And no, I did not forget it is also Bill of Rights Day--I have been focusing my daily history posts for the past year on 1777. I talk about BORD at the end of today's GRE column.