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    Mrs. Silence Dogood was the pen name used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the New-England Courant, a newspaper founded and published...
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    publication, Franklin adopted the pseudonym of "Silence Dogood", a middle-aged widow. Mrs. Dogood's letters were published and became a subject of conversation...
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  • written in invisible ink. The message refers to Benjamin Franklin's Silence Dogood letters. Patrick formerly owned them, but donated them to the Franklin...
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  • southern Brussels, Belgium Silence Dogood, a pen name of Benjamin Franklin Silence Mabuza (born 1977), South African boxer Silence Wong (born 1989), Chinese...
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    Franklin to publish more essays under the pen name Silence Dogood, later collected as the "Silence Dogood" essays). When Franklin finally revealed his authorship...
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    Female Spectator, a women's magazine launched by Eliza Haywood. As Silence Dogood and other characters, Benjamin Franklin offered advice in the New England...
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    Franklin was also a reader, and the Spectator influenced his style in his "Silence Dogood" letters. Jürgen Habermas sees The Spectator as instrumental in the...
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    later write some fifteen controversial editorials under the pen name of Silence Dogood, disguising his hand-writing, and submitted them to the Courant by slipping...
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    discovered on the back of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, using the "Silence Dogood" letters as the key text. The protagonists of the Matthew Reilly novel...
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  • (17 January 2017). "Benjamin Franklin Was a Middle-Aged Widow Named Silence Dogood (And a Few Other Women)". Smithsonian Mag. Smithsonian Institution....
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    Gravesite Writings The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Founders Online Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and...
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  • Gioachino Belli – (1791–1863, Italy) Benjamin Franklin - (1706-1790, US) - Silence Dogood Letters, On Titles of Honor, The Busy-Body Letters, A Witch Trial at...
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    Gravesite Writings The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Founders Online Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and...
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    Persian Safavid dynasty, precipitating its fall. April 2 – The first Silence Dogood letter, written by Benjamin Franklin, is printed. April 5 (Easter Sunday)...
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  • – a fictional diary, again written by Robin Cooper (Robert Popper) Silence Dogood "The Senator Prank - ZUG.com, 2004". Archived from the original on 2010-02-08...
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    and published a series of fourteen letters under the assumed name of Silence Dogood with the pretension of a widowed women, a fictitious character wholly...
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    "Illegitimate" 2001–04 The Guardian Laurie Solt Main role 2002 Benjamin Franklin Silence Dogood TV miniseries documentary A Death in the Family Aunt Hannah TV film...
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  • Persian Safavid dynasty, precipitating its fall. April 2 – The first Silence Dogood letter, written by Benjamin Franklin, is printed. April 5 (Easter Sunday)...
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    participants. Benjamin Franklin in colonial times was also known as Silence Dogood (a pen name) who wrote a series of letters that were published and widely...
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    Historical Collections, Volume 42. p. 141. Retrieved July 30, 2015. "Silence Dogood: Benjamin Franklin in The New-England Courant". Massachusetts Historical...
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    was first published in his brother's newspaper, under the pseudonym Silence Dogood in 1722, and even his brother did not know his identity at first. Pseudonymous...
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  • and television producer; created I Dream of Jeannie television series Silence Dogood Benjamin Franklin Used this pen name to get his work published Sister...
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  • pseudonym of Stephen King, given a fake biography and author photo. Silence Dogood, a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published...
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    Gravesite Writings The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Founders Online Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and...
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  • challenged that of the pulpit. Among them was the publication of essays by "Silence Dogood", which, unbeknownst to James, were actually authored by his younger...
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    printing was given to Samuel Kneeland. Writing under the assumed name of Silence Dogood, Benjamin Franklin wrote more than a dozen articles. One such article...
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