Show Notes: Richard Saunders and Publius
Does anonymity mean cowardice, does it equate to avoiding responsibility. The Founder Fathers did always reveal their identities.
Richard Saunders
If you speak the truth, why should you ever be afraid? We here that with every leader who takes to the media to direct us to register. But so many of these elite leaders have no clue about the history of our founding.
Most of the Founding Fathers published documents under pseudonyms for various reasons. For protection against retaliation as they spoke against political figures, and in some cases, to create a character to sell a product and provide a bit of indirection. It also provides a persona. Like perhaps The Mighty Humanzee.
Benjamin Franklin’s most successful business endeavor was his Poor Richard’s Almanac. The first edition appear in 1733, published under the name Ricard Saunders.
http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/poor-richards-almanac/
The almanac was a best seller in the American colonies printing up to 10,000 copies a year. Its success brought wealth to Benjamin Franklin. Poor Richard’s Almanack was so popular that Napoleon ordered it translated into Italian and later it was also translated into French.
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