Ann Smith Franklin (October 2, 1696 – April 16, 1763) was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher. She inherited the business from her husband...
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death. Ann Smith Franklin continued to operate the printing business until her death in 1763, publishing under the imprint of "The Widow Franklin", and...
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Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (February 20, 1928 – June 17, 2020) was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian, and author who served as United States Ambassador...
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Francis Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read...
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The second USS Franklin of the United States Navy was an 8-gun brig. She was named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Built at Philadelphia in 1795...
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Library Company of Philadelphia (redirect from Benjamin Franklin Library)
in Center City Philadelphia. Founded as a library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant...
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the lamps and maintaining them. As early as the 1750s, inventor Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia introduced innovations in oil lamp design, such as using...
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Ruth Ann Buzzi (/ˈbʌzi/ BUZZY; born July 24, 1936) is a retired American actress and comedian. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television...
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first Baptist church in America was founded in Providence in 1638. Ann Smith Franklin of the Newport Mercury was the first female newspaper editor in America...
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Supreme Court judge Ann Smith, a character in Mr. & Mrs. Smith Anne Easter Smith, English-American historical novelist Ann Smith Franklin (1696–1763), American...
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September 25 the Continental Congress ordered commissioners, led by Benjamin Franklin, to seek a treaty with France based upon Adams draft treaty that had later...
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presidents. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano...
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Anne Hutchinson (redirect from Ann Hutchinson)
have reached great prominence. Among them are United States Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush, as are presidential...
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Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the television...
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Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed is a biography of Benjamin Franklin written by William Cabell Bruce in 1917. A "biographical and critical study based...
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Pennsylvania. Founded in 1749 by a group of local notables that included Benjamin Franklin, the Academy of Philadelphia began as a private secondary school, occupying...
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Newport Mercury (section Ann Franklin, 1735–1748)
newspaper founded in 1758 by Ann Smith Franklin (1696–1763), and her son, James Franklin (1730–1762), the nephew of Benjamin Franklin. The newspaper was printed...
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hold either of the top jobs at an American newspaper (preceded by Ann Smith Franklin of Rhode Island). A strong supporter of Colonial rights, she continued...
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subjective form of justice, an example of which was the 1656 hanging of Ann Hibbins whose offense was simply being resented by her neighbor. In Winthrop's...
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of the most influential and responsible members of Congress: Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Robert Livingston, John Dickinson, Thomas Willing, Thomas...
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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is a collaborative effort by a team of scholars at Yale University, American Philosophical Society and others who have...
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suffragettes List of women's rights activists Timeline of women's suffrage Ann Jarvis Gardiner, Maine, Howe's home for many years Samuel Gridley and Julia...
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Smith‡ Pennsylvania: Secretary Benjamin Chew, John Penn, Richard Peters, Isaac Norris, and Benjamin Franklin. Conrad Weiser and Benjamin Franklin's son...
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Anne Hutchinson Margaret Langdon-Kelly Maria Spacagna 1998 Helen Metcalf Danforth Ann Smith Franklin Sarah Updike Goddard 1999 Beatrice Oenslager Chace...
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The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science...
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from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2014. Gerhart, Ann (October 25, 2012). "Running for Gabrielle Giffords's House seat, is not...
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Silence Dogood (category Benjamin Franklin)
by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after...
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Thomas Birch (section Copies of Franklin letters)
hands on. He was a friend of Franklin, and they were both members of the Royal Society. In his autobiography, Franklin refers to his "Quire Book", which...
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and short essays about Franklin. Smith, William (1792). Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache. delivered March...
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October 2 John Blackwood, British Member of Parliament (d. 1777) Ann Smith Franklin, American colonial newspaper printer and publisher (d. 1763) October...
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