- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
Sarah Bache
BACHE, Sarah Franklin, born in Philadelphia, Pa., 11 September, 1743; died there, 5 October, 1808, was the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin. She married Richard Bache, who succeeded her father as postmaster-general of the United States.
During the Revolutionary war she was distinguished for her patriotic zeal, and was one of the most active of the ladies who organized and conducted the movement for supplying the American soldiers with clothing. She presided over the association of women in Philadelphia that made shirts for the army, and was noted for her energy and devotion to the cause of independence.
Her correspondence with her father, especially during his residence in France, is of historical interest and reveals her intelligence, affection, and political awareness.
Source:
Wilson, James Grant, and John Fiske, eds. Appleton’s Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. Patriot Echoes Archive
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