Which Founding Father lived from 1732 to 1799?

Which 1726 literary character wakes after a shipwreck to find himself tied to the ground with tiny strings? Laputa, a flying island of absent-minded scholars, appears in which 1726 satire? Lemuel is the first name of the hero of which 1726 book? 1,728 cubic inches equal how many cubic feet? The year 1732 saw the birth of George Washington and the first issue of which almanac? Which 1742 oratorio features the choruses "And He Shall Purify" and "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"? In 1751, Axel Cronstedt discovered which element in a mineral? Benjamin Franklin's 1751 book "Experiments and Observations on" what helped make his name in Europe?