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Leeds, Titan
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Leeds, Titan (1699–1738), Philadelphia publisher of
The American Almanack, mainly remembered as the victim of a hoax by Benjamin Franklin. In
Poor Richard's Almanack (1733), Franklin predicted Leeds's death, “on Oct. 17, 1733, 3 hr. 29 m.,
P.M.” Despite Leeds's denial, dated October 18, Franklin in his almanac declared “there is the strongest probability that my dear friend is no more…. Mr. Leeds was too well bred to use any man so indecently and so scurrilously” as Poor Richard had been in Leeds's protest. The amusing controversy, inspired by the “Bickerstaff” hoax of Swift (1708), continued until the actual death of Leeds.
Daniel Leeds (1652–1720), his father, had established the family reputation as almanac makers by his annual publications begun in 1687. Although originally a Quaker, he later wrote pamphlets accusing George Fox of forgeries and William Penn of concealing evidence of them.
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Leeds, Titan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Leeds, Titan (1699–1738), Philadelphia...s Almanack (1733), Franklin predicted Leeds's death, “on Oct. 17, 1733, 3 hr. 29 m., P.M. ” Despite Leeds's denial, dated October 18, Franklin...
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Leeds Festival
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th duke of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
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