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The gazette also published advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants. [11] Among other firsts by The Pennsylvania Gazette, the newspaper was the first to publish the political cartoon Join, or Die, authored by Franklin. [12] The cartoon resurfaced later in the 18th century as a symbol in support of the American Revolution.
The first article in "The Busy-Body" series was written by Benjamin Franklin and published February 4, 1729. In "The Busy-Body no. 1" Franklin establishes the character of the anonymous Busy-Body as a self-declared "Censor Morum", or a critic of morals. With more Concern have I continually observ'd the growing Vices and Follies of my Country-folk.
On October 2, 1729, Samuel Keimer, the owner of The Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia, who failed to make a success out of this newspaper, fell into debt and before fleeing to Barbados sold the Gazette to Benjamin Franklin and his partner Hugh Meredith. [48] [49] [50] [b] Under Franklin The Gazette became the most successful newspaper in the ...
Richard Franklin Bache, also known as Richard Bache Jr. (1784–1848), was a military and political official in the Republic and state of Texas. He assisted in drafting the Texas Constitution of 1845 , the first of its five state constitutions.
Keimer and Bradford were then the only printers in the colony of Pennsylvania. Keimer had come to America with an old printing press, and a worn-out font of English letters. [2] When Benjamin Franklin, aged 17, came to Philadelphia looking for a job in 1722, [4] he went first to Bradford’s printing business. [4]
It was published on January 6, [1] 1737 (1736 Old Style) in The Pennsylvania Gazette. [2] [3] The Pennsylvania Gazette publication is attributed to Benjamin Franklin and appears in his memoirs; however, a very similar wordlist appears in the New England Weekly Journal on July 6, 1736, and differences between the two suggest earlier origins by a ...
The Franklin Repository. W., Apr. 21, 1796-Dec. 25, 1800+ [ 304 ] In 1852 it was purchased by Alexander McClure , who built it into a leading Republican (anti-slavery) paper.
October 19 — In his Philadelphia newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, Benjamin Franklin first describes the performance, in Philadelphia of the kite experiment that he had proposed in his 1750 book. Although the original account makes no claim that he was the first to do the experiment (which had been done by other scientists (including ...