• "The Morals of Chess" is an essay on chess by the American intellectual Benjamin Franklin, which was first published in the Columbian Magazine in December...
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    playing chess. In 1791 the popular chess book Morals of Chess by Benjamin Franklin was translated into Russian and published in the country. Chess enjoys...
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    chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess...
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    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...
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    article The morals of chess, advocated such a view, saying: The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind...
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  • Stamma, the Calabrois, &c, to which are Added, Caissa, a Poem, by Sir William Jones, the Morals of Chess, by Dr. Franklin, &c". 1817. "Knavish Chess on chessvariants...
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    letter under the door of his brother's printing shop. A total of 14 letters were sent. The first letter began: Sir, It may not be possible in the first Place...
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    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...
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    Chess endgame literature – Chess libraries The Morals of Chess, by Benjamin Franklin Battle Chess Chessmaster Fritz A History of Chess Basic Chess Endings...
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  • Benjamin Franklin (2002 TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Benjamin Franklin)
    from the rebellious American colonies. His primary objective was to secure financial and military aid. To this he brought the skills of a chess master...
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    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...
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    chess player. He was playing chess by around 1733, making him the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. His essay on "The Morals...
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    Touch-move rule (category Rules of chess)
    essay "The Morals of Chess". At one time, the rule also required the player who played an illegal move to move the king. In the first half of the nineteenth...
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    The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749-1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania....
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    (ed.). The chess player ... containing Franklin's essay on the Morals of chess. Boston, N. Dearborn. — See also: Wikipedia: The Morals of Chess —— (2000)...
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    of their overall strategies. American intelligence was monitored and sanctioned by the Continental Congress to provide military intelligence to the Continental...
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    Benjamin Franklin Parkway (category Parkways in the United States)
    colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city as of 2020. The parkway is...
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    in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin Franklin Medals in seven areas of science and engineering, the Bower Awards and...
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  • USS Franklin (1795) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    The second USS Franklin of the United States Navy was an 8-gun brig. She was named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Built at Philadelphia in 1795...
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  • 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...
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    The Treaty of Alliance (French: traité d'alliance (1778)), also known as the Franco-American Treaty, was a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of France...
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  • 39°56′52″N 75°09′47″W / 39.94779°N 75.16306°W / 39.94779; -75.16306 The Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP) is a non-profit organization based on Locust...
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    The Albany Congress (June 19 – July 11, 1754), also known as the Albany Convention of 1754, was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of...
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  • Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. It...
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    The history of street lighting in the United States is closely linked to the urbanization of America. Artificial illumination has stimulated commercial...
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    Franklin's own writings", the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1918. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin "The Pulitzer Prizes /...
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    politics and morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Vol. I. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown .. —— (1811). The complete works...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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