The story we read is set in London Britain December 1843
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He lived in the Victorian era and the story was set in 1843
They are not remotely based on each other. Franklin was not even Dutch. You might be thinking of the miserly side of Franklin which MAY form the basis for Charles Dickens" Ebenezer Scrooge. Ebenezer and Benjamin are in one-to-one correspondance, both are Old Testament names. It has been argued that Scrooge was based on Franklin. the Disney cartoon version supports this idea.
New Ebenezer
The bubonic plages time period was the middel ages.
the classical time period