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How Benjamin Franklin’s Grandson was charged with Seditious Libel

  In May 1798, William Cobbett published an influential piece, “Detection of a Conspiracy formed by the United Irishmen, with the Evident Intention of Aiding the Tyrants of France in Subverting the Government of the United States”  reporting that the … Continue reading

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