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IMAGE number: EVB7067867
Image title: Deborah Read was the common-law spouse of Benjamin Franklin. They first met in 1723 as teenagers in Philadelphia. When their courtship floundered, she married John Rogers in 1725, only to separate from him within a year. Rogers left Philadelphia, and Franklin returned in 1727. By law Read was blocked from marriage by strict divorce laws, so Read and Franklin publically established a common law marriage which lasted until her death in 1774. Engraving of a portrait attributed to Benjamin Wilson, c. 1758-59 (engraving)
Medium: engraving
Date: c. 1758 AD - 1759 AD (C18th AD)

Image description: Deborah Read was the common-law spouse of Benjamin Franklin. They first met in 1723 as teenagers in Philadelphia. When their courtship floundered, she married John Rogers in 1725, only to separate from him within a year. Rogers left Philadelphia, and Franklin returned in 1727. By law Read was blocked from marriage by strict divorce laws, so Read and Franklin publically established a common law marriage which lasted until her death in 1774. Engraving of a portrait attributed to Benjamin Wilson, c. 1758-59 (BSLOC_2019_4_112)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 18th century / North America / America (continent) / art / child / USA / woman / engraving / history / reading / mother / parent / family / Philadelphia / Pennsylvania / portrait / one person / black and white / artwork / print

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