Historical Events
Historic Publication
Sep 1 "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" by American slave Phillis Wheatley published in the UK - first known book of poetry published by a Black woman [1]
Good War or Bad Peace
Sep 11 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
- Sep 22 Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter "An Edict by the King of Prussia" in the Public Advertiser, criticising Britain's colonial policies in the American colonies