Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin.... 11 KB (1,193 words) - 17:38, 6 September 2023 |
Struggle for existence (redirect from The struggle for existence) Essay on the Principle of Population which drew on Benjamin Franklin's Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.. Charles... 40 KB (5,217 words) - 09:45, 27 May 2023 |
Francis Folger Franklin (category People from Philadelphia) 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. In 1736, four-year-old Francis contracted the smallpox virus... 17 KB (1,782 words) - 22:26, 30 December 2023 |
the Principle of Population. Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751) by Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) Of the... 64 KB (8,574 words) - 04:05, 22 March 2024 |
Silence Dogood (redirect from The Dogwood Papers) of People, nowadays, are unwilling either to commend or dispraise what they read, until they are in some measure informed who or what the Author of it... 11 KB (1,683 words) - 00:36, 28 March 2024 |
Thomas Robert Malthus (category Fellows of the Royal Society) Memorandum 200 Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. World population Several sources give Malthus's date of death as... 57 KB (6,752 words) - 00:26, 23 April 2024 |
Benjamin Franklin (redirect from Sage of the Constitutional Convention) would surpass that of England in a century. In 1751, he drafted Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. Four years later... 204 KB (21,988 words) - 03:37, 26 April 2024 |
Richard Bache (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution) Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was born on September 12, 1737, in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire... 12 KB (1,161 words) - 08:48, 3 January 2024 |
towards the increasing number of German settlers. Benjamin Franklin, in Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc., complained... 71 KB (7,810 words) - 20:35, 11 April 2024 |
Demography (redirect from Demographics of World) published his essay Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc., projecting exponential growth in British colonies. His... 43 KB (5,052 words) - 23:46, 11 April 2024 |
expressly for the use of any preacher of any religious persuasion who might desire to say something to the people at Philadelphia; the design in building... 6 KB (736 words) - 23:00, 1 February 2024 |
Pennsylvania Abolition Society (redirect from The Society for the Relief of Free American Black People Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage) Seventeen of the 24 men who attended initial meetings of the Society were Quakers, that is, members of the Religious Society of Friends, a branch of Christianity... 5 KB (417 words) - 14:10, 17 January 2024 |
the HPS lamps with light sources with higher color temperatures, which would increase light pollution and interfere with their research. One of the key... 28 KB (3,262 words) - 16:39, 3 December 2023 |
books were the directors' ordinary duties. In the back of the library's 1741 catalog, Franklin mentioned that the library was accessible to people who were... 20 KB (2,641 words) - 05:26, 20 January 2024 |
Ben Franklin in Paris (category Musicals about the American Revolution) Jerry Herman. The story is a somewhat fictionalized account of Benjamin Franklin's adventures in the French capital. Seeking support for the Colonies' war... 5 KB (497 words) - 01:55, 24 September 2023 |
the most attentive watch be kept... I wish a dozen or more of honest, sensible, and diligent men, were employed... to question, cross-question, etc.... 60 KB (8,537 words) - 23:28, 14 March 2024 |
Benjamin Franklin Parkway (category Parkways in the United States) and the Parkway's terminating at the Art Museum gives the notion of "a slice of Paris in Philadelphia." The Parkway contains flags of countries from... 11 KB (1,143 words) - 13:26, 30 March 2024 |
Franklin Institute Awards (redirect from The Franklin Institute Awards) in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin Franklin Medals in seven areas of science and engineering, the Bower Awards and... 24 KB (655 words) - 05:15, 22 April 2024 |
Benjamin Franklin (2002 TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Benjamin Franklin) mission to allow the colony to tax the Penn family's lands. Franklin arrived as an ardent admirer of the empire as well as a lover of the American colonies... 5 KB (413 words) - 10:41, 14 April 2024 |
Albany Congress (redirect from Congress of Albany) Congress The Albany Congress of 1754, prints and drawings from the Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American History in the New York Public... 13 KB (1,382 words) - 17:41, 31 October 2023 |
Les Neuf Sœurs (redirect from The Nine Sisters) pronunciation: [la lɔʒ de nœf sœʁ]; The Nine Sisters), established in Paris in 1734, was a prominent French Masonic Lodge of the Grand Orient de France that was... 7 KB (927 words) - 03:24, 27 March 2024 |
Andrew A. Harwood (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War) an admiral in the United States Navy. Harwood was born on October 9, 1802, in Settle Farm, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Edmund Harwood... 4 KB (472 words) - 13:36, 10 November 2023 |
Libertas Americana (category 1782 in the United States) Americana was showcased on season 15 of the American reality television series Pawn Stars. It was sold for 150,000 dollars. The medal was originally conceived... 3 KB (255 words) - 13:47, 17 March 2024 |
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (category National Memorials of the United States) images of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (archived 13 February 2006) Statement by NPS Dept. Director Durand concerning financial assistance for the Ben... 7 KB (602 words) - 19:58, 15 April 2024 |
111th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry) composed of civilian males from the citizenry of Pennsylvania. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War... 19 KB (2,130 words) - 23:06, 12 April 2024 |
Thomas Birch (category Fellows of the Royal Society) contained letters and papers concerning his efforts to support the British Government at that pre-revolutionary time. They speak of his 1755 efforts to help... 9 KB (1,107 words) - 12:10, 27 January 2024 |