On this day 250 years ago, The Boston-Gazette and Country Journal published an article criticizing Benjamin Franklin’s mistreatment by the Privy Council and reporting his removal as Postmaster for the Colonies. Following was an article announcing William Goddard’s arrival in Boston carrying letters from committees of correspondence of the surrounding towns of Portsmouth, Newbury, Newburyport and Salem supporting Goddard’s proposal for a “Constitutional Post” controlled by Americans to replace the Royal Post Office in the Colonies. The Gazette lauded the proposal and added “The Removal of Dr. Franklin from the Post-Office has added fresh Spirit to the Promoters of this salutary Plan . . . and all the Friends of Liberty rejoice that they have now the Opportunity of taking up a Gentleman discarded by an unrighteous Ministry for the faithful Discharge of his Duty, and placing him . . . in the grateful arms of his applauding Countrymen.”
Our Postal Service today originated in the Constitutional Post.
Sources: https://www.masshist.org/dorr/volume/4/sequence/567
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There’s no replacement for a good education, however, some are so brilliant that they excel without one. Dr. Franklin’s honorary degrees show how much he was respected by his peers.
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