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The Two Franklins Fathers of American Democracy
Bernard Fay argues Benjamin Franklin and his grandson Benny Bache were the true founders of American democracy. The article traces Benny Bache's Paris grounding, printing career, and Aurora leadership, and explains how he helped spark a second revolution that challenged Federalist power and English alliance in the 1790s.
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Elmo Scott Watson - Ren
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Bache
Bernard Fay
France
America
Two Franklins
Little, Brown and Company
Mr. Fay
Philadelphia General Advertiser
Aurora
George Washington
Washington
John Adams
United States
Bache
Jay
Tranklin
Fay
Jefferson
Hamilton
Benny Bache
Sarah Franklin
Richard Bache
Philadelphia
Paris
Geneva
Temple Franklin
William Franklin
Benny
Passy
Versailles
M. Emery
Fllen Franklin
Society of the Cincinnati
Congress
Europe
University of Pennsylvania
England
Republican
Democratic Party
New York
Margaret Markoe
Penne
General Advertiser
Fenno
Gazette
Ireneau
National Gazette
Virginia
Genet
John Jay
the Aurora
Adams
Western’ Newspaper Union