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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.
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]
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]
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] ... When Franklin became aware of this gossip, he placed a notice in the Pennsylvania Gazette, stating: "I ...
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]
Apr. 30—When most entrepreneurs and companies first approach Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, they are looking for capital. But ultimately they receive so much more ...
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.