Benjamin Franklin Bache

Benjamin Franklin Bache

Benjamin Franklin Bache , 1769–98, American journalist, b. Philadelphia; son of Richard Bache and grandson of Benjamin Franklin . In 1790 he founded the Philadelphia General Advertiser (later the Aurora ). As the champion of the Jeffersonians, Bache's paper denounced the Federalists bitterly, and he was arrested under the Sedition Act (see Alien and Sedition Acts ) but was released on parole. He died soon afterward of yellow fever.

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Bache, Benjamin Franklin

Bache, Benjamin Franklin (1769–98), grandson of Franklin, at the age of 21 founded the Philadelphia General Advertiser (later the Aurora) and in its columns bitterly attacked Washington, Adams, and Federalist policies.

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