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31 Cards in this Set
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at 13, he was apprenticed as a printer by his brother
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Benjamin Franklin
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published observations on electricity in 1751
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Benjamin Franklin
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commiteeman of the declaration of independance
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Benjamin Franklin
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delegate from PA to the executive council
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Benjamin Franklin
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died in 1790 at the age of 84, 20,000 attended his funeral
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Benjamin Franklin
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born into a large family on April 3, 1783 in New York, the youngest of 11 children
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Washington Irving
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published the sketch book undr the pseudonym of geoffrey crayon
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Washington Irving
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born in the year 1706 in the city of boston, the tenth son of seventeen children
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Benjamin Franklin
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Wrote the Pennslyvania Gazette in Philadelphia
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Benjamin Franklin
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statesman who traveled to england
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Benjamin Franklin
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ambassador to France
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Benjamin Franklin
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wrote tales of a traveler which contained the devil and tom walker
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Washington Irving
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wrote a biography of christopher columbus
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Washington Irving
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hated his father's business of making soap and candles
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Benjamin Franklin
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Invented the lightning rod, founded the first public library,established fire department and fire insurance, invented bifocals and the Franklin stove
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Benjamin Franklin
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delegate to the Second Cotinental Congress
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Benjamin Franklin
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signed treaty of paris which ended the revolutionary war
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Benjamin Franklin
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wrote the histoory of new york
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Washington Irving
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given a gold medal by Royal society of literature in england
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Washington Irving
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recieved a D>C>L from oxford university
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Washington Irving
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wrote the tour on the prairies, based on the spawling frontier
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Washington Irving
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moved to the estate of Sunnytide in 1835
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Washington Irving
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refused the positions of secretary to the navy and mayor of new york
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Washington Irving
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offered to be ambassador to spain
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Washington Irving
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died november 28, 1859
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Washington Irving
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born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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grandfather, John Hathorne was a judge during the Salm witchcraft trails
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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wrote mosses from an old manse in 1846
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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wrote the scarlet letter, the story of an adulterous affair between Hester Brynne and Author Dimmesdale
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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befriended herman melville
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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in 1852 published the blithedale romance, and the life of franklin pierce
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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