"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...
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Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress (category Censorship in the United States)
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...
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Silence Dogood (redirect from The Dogwood Papers)
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...
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The history of street lighting in the United States is closely linked to the urbanization of America. Artificial illumination has stimulated commercial...
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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...
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Albany Congress (redirect from Congress of Albany)
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...
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Baker, Charles T. (2010). "Ancestors of Francis Folger Franklin". bakerancestry.org. Baker Family Ancestry. Retrieved September 3, 2013. "State of the...
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of their overall strategies. American intelligence was monitored and sanctioned by the Continental Congress to provide military intelligence to the Continental...
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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...
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The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749–1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania....
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