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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.
Join, or Die. a 1754 political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin published in The Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia, addresses the disunity of the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian War; several decades later, the cartoon resurfaced as one of the most iconic symbols in support of the American Revolution.
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 ...
Hugh Meredith (c. 1697 - c. 1749) was a farmer and printer in the American colonies, who briefly had a partnership with Benjamin Franklin as publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette. Meredith was of Welsh descent and born outside Philadelphia, where he was a farmer. At the age of 30, he took an apprenticeship to learn printing.
Benjamin Franklin (unanimous) – it is not clear why a replacement for Dickinson was needed. Dickinson's name does not appear in council minutes after the October 10, 1785 meeting that elected Biddle to the vice-presidency. October 29, 1785: Benjamin Franklin: Charles Biddle: annual election November 4, 1786: Benjamin Franklin: Charles Biddle ...
Franklin's kite experiment was performed in Philadelphia in June 1752, according to the account by Joseph Priestley. [6] Franklin described the experiment in the Pennsylvania Gazette on October 19, 1752 [7] [8] without mentioning that he had performed it. [9]
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A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings. On December 28, 1732, Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath. [4]