EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE Early American Literature Magazine exam | Page 17

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Benjamin Franklin
(Boston, January 17, 1706- Philadelphia, April 17, 1790) was an American politician,
polymath, scientist, and inventor. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the
United States.
Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading
city in the colonies, publishing the "Pennsylvania Gazette"
Preface
The speech of Polly Baker, before a Court of Judicature, at
Connecticut near Boston in New England; where she was
prosecuted the Fifth Time, for having a Bastard Child: Which
influenced the Court to dispense with her Punishment, and induced
one of her Judges to marry her the next day.
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