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Mrs. Silence Dogood was a pen name used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published in the ''New-England Courant'', a newspaper founded and published by his brother James Franklin. This was after Benjamin Franklin was denied several times when he tried to publish letters under his own name in the ''Courant''. The 14 Mrs. Silence Dogood letters were first printed in 1722. ==History== As a teenager, Franklin worked as an apprentice in his older brother's printing shop in Boston, where ''The New-England Courant'' was published and printed. Franklin never got anything he wrote published, so, at age 16, Franklin created the persona of a middle-aged widow named Silence Dogood. Once every two weeks, he would leave a letter under the door of his brother's printing shop. A total of 14 letters were sent. The first letter began: The letters poked fun at various aspects of life in colonial America, such as this quote about hoop petticoats: The letters were published in ''The New-England Courant'' fortnightly, and amused readers. Some men wrote in offering to marry Ms. Dogood, upon learning she was widowed.〔 Eventually, James found out that all fourteen of the letters had been written by his younger brother, which angered him. Benjamin left his apprenticeship without permission and escaped to Philadelphia.〔Van Doren, Carl. ''Benjamin Franklin''. (1938). Penguin reprint 1991.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silence Dogood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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