Documents in Year 1732
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Biographies
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Links of Interest:
Future 1st American President, George Washington born
"George Washington is born 22 February 1732 at Bridges Creek in the
Virginia Colony. He is one of the 10 children of a well-to-do
planter." The Almanac of American History by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 82)
Anne Washington, the sister of George Washington's grandfather,
Lawrence Washington, becomes the ancestor of the Carter side of the
family! Making the current generation about 10th cousins to
George Washington! Research done by Frank Welborn Carter and
compiled on an old CAD program. Poor Richard's Almanac starts being published by Benjamin Franklin It is a "compilation of weather predictions, epigrams, and proverbs. Franklin's almanac soon becomes the most popular of the various colonial
almanacs, selling around 10,000 copies per year." The Almanac of American History by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 83)
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