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Benny Bache and the Two Franklins shaping American democracy
Bernard Fay argues Benjamin Bache, Franklin’s grandson, was a key driver of the Democratic-Republican shift between 1790 and 1800. The article traces Bache’s life from Passy to Philadelphia, his press battles, and his role in launching the General Advertiser and later the Aurora, opposing Federalist rule and aiding a second American Revolution.
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Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Bache
Bernard Fay
France
America
Little, Brown and Company
Mr. Fay
Benjamin Frankie Bache
Philadelphia General Advertiser
Aurora
George Washington
Washington
John Adams
United States
Jefferson
Hamilton
Benny Bache
Fay
Sarah Franklin
Richard Bache
Philadelphia
Paris
Geneva
Temple Franklin
William Franklin
Benny
Passy
Versailles
M. Emery
Congress
Europe
University of Pennsylvania
England
New York
Margaret Markoe
Fenno
General Advertiser
Gazette
Freneau
National Gazette
Virginia
Citizen Genet
Genet
John Jay
the Aurora
Adams