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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 (search)
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Statesman; born in Boston, Jan. 17, 1706. His father was from England; his mother was a daughter of Peter Folger, the Quaker poet of Nantucket. He learned the art of printing with his brother; but they disagreeing, Benjamin left Boston when seventeen years of age, sought employment in New York, but, not succeeding, went to Philadelphia, and there found it. He soon attracted the attention of Governor Keith as a very bright lad, who, making him a promise of the government printing, induced young Franklin, at the age of eighteen, to go to England and purchase printing material. He was deceived, and remained there eighteen months, working as a journeyman printer in London. He returned to Philadelphia late in 1726, and in 1729 established himself there as a printer. He started the Pennsylvania gazette, and married Deborah Read, a young woman whose husband had absconded. For many years he published an almanac under the assumed name of Richard Saunder
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
nd arrives at Boston......May 26, 1699 Boston contains 1,000 houses and 7,000 people......1700 Joseph Dudley appointed governor......1702 French and Indians attack and burn Deerfield (see Williams, Eleazar)......Feb. 28, 1704 Boston News-letter, the first newspaper in the British colonies, was published in Boston......April 24, 1704 [The paper lived seventy-two years. The only complete file is with the New York Historical Society.] Benjamin Franklin born in Boston......Jan. 17, 1706 Haverhill again attacked by the French and Indians......Aug. 29, 1708 Port Royal taken from the French by the English......Oct. 5, 1710 [Name changed from Port Royal to Annapolis, in honor of Queen Anne.] Expedition against Quebec and Canada leaves Boston......July 30, 1711 [The fleet, consisting of fifteen ships-ofwar and forty transports, is under command of Sir Hovenden Walker, and carries seven regiments of veterans from Marlborough's army and a battalion of marines.