"The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) is the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child. She had been convicted five...

of 1957 named "Advice to a Young Man on Choosing a Mistress" along with "The Speech of Polly Baker" as two examples that would have convicted one of the...

letter under the door of his brother's printing shop. A total of 14 letters were sent. The first letter began: Sir, It may not be possible in the first Place...

The history of street lighting in the United States is closely linked to the urbanization of America. Artificial illumination has stimulated commercial...

Honor, The Busy-Body Letters, A Witch Trial at Mount Holly, Poor Richard's Almanack, Join, or Die, Felons and Rattlesnakes, The Speech of Polly Baker, On...

The Albany Congress (June 19 – July 11, 1754), also known as the Albany Convention of 1754, was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of...

Baker, Charles T. (2010). "Ancestors of Francis Folger Franklin". bakerancestry.org. Baker Family Ancestry. Retrieved September 3, 2013. "State of the...

not have a strong view on the issue. In The Speech of Polly Baker, Franklin places the blame for abortion and infanticide on the sexual double standard against...

of their overall strategies. American intelligence was monitored and sanctioned by the Continental Congress to provide military intelligence to the Continental...

Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was born on September 12, 1737, in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire...