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Legally bound to a man who ghosted her, Deborah Read was the common-law wife of this printer & statesman |
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HISTORIC WIVES |
2023-04-27 |
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One eulogizer of this man noted, he "was able to restrain thunderbolts & tyrants" |
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS |
2020-11-16 |
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"Essays to Do Good" by Cotton Mather inspired Silence Dogood, the newspaper pseudonym of this man |
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS |
2019-06-20 |
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He wrote, "In September 1752, I erected an iron rod to draw the lightning down into my house" |
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18th CENTURY SCIENTISTS |
2014-07-11 |
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Signing the Decl. of Ind., he said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" |
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD |
2009-12-11 |
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In 1732 this printer founded Philadelphische Zeitung, the first German-language newspaper in the English colonies |
Benjamin Franklin
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EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY |
2009-07-14 |
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In 1777, while serving in Paris, this Pennsylvanian wrote that "our cause is the cause of all mankind" |
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REVOLUTIONARIES |
2008-11-20 |
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1787:81 yrs old & penn. snds me 2 cnst cnv.im gttng 2 old fr ths... stf.lol |
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HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES |
2007-02-09 |
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At 81, this Pennsylvanian was the oldest delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention |
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HISTORIC PEOPLE |
2005-10-14 |
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1 man, 1 scientific mission... to tame the heavens... In 1752 he would invent the lightning rod... & electrify the world |
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COMING SOON... HISTORY! |
2005-02-11 |
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The Pennsylvania assembly sent him to London as its agent twice: 1757-1762 & 1764-1775 |
Benjamin Franklin
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES |
2003-05-20 |
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Man whose earlier life is the subject here"His business ventures made him wealthy, free to pursue his experiments and inventions and to devote his life..." |
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THE HISTORY CHANNEL |
2000-11-23 |
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He served jointly with William Hunter as Postmaster General of the colonies from 1753 to 1774 |
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS |
2000-05-02 |
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Declaration of Independence signer who proved lightning is electricity |
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HISTORY |
1996-05-06 |
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In 1751 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, beginning almost 40 years as a public official |
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THE 1750s |
1996-01-08 |
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Marie Antoinette called him "l'ambassadeur electrique" |
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HISTORIC PEOPLE |
1995-12-26 |
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On July 26, 1775 the U.S. Post Office was established with him as postmaster general |
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DATES IN HISTORY |
1992-03-26 |
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Among his nicknames are "Sage of America" & "Father of the Stove" |
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HISTORIC NICKNAMES |
1991-09-19 |
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Asked after the Constitutional Convention "What have we got?", he replied "A republic, if you can keep it" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1990-03-23 |
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He didn't care for the bald eagle as our national symbol, calling it "a bird of bad moral character" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1989-12-29 |
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"Father of Continental Congress" or "Poor Richard" |
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HISTORICAL NICKNAMES |
1987-09-23 |
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