The Silence Dogood Letters
The Silence Dogood Letters MP3 CD

The Silence Dogood Letters

Benjamin Franklin


During his teenage years Benjamin Franklin worked as an apprentice printer at his older brother’s printing shop in Boston. The New England Courant newspaper was printed in the shop. Franklin submitted numerous pieces for publication, all of which were rejected. At age 16 he created the persona of Silence Dogood, a middle-aged widow, to write and submit letters to the editor. Every two weeks he left a letter under the door of the shop from Mrs. Dogood. The letters were intended as amusements and poked fun at aspects of life in young colonial America. They were published in the Courant and became very popular. A total of 14 letters were published in 1722. Some men even tendered marriage proposals to Mrs. Dogood upon learning of her widowhood. When his brother James discovered that the letters had been written by his younger brother, Benjamin was forced to leave his apprenticeship without permission and promptly absconded to Philadelphia.

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Product Details

Read by: Darcy Smittenaar and Patti Cunningham
Length: 1 hour and 19 minutes
Type: Solo reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD security sleeve
Item No.: CD-1319
List Price: $2.99
Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing
CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats
CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card
DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert

Credits

Production

Book Coordinator: Kimberly Krause
Meta Coordinator: TriciaG
Proof Listener: Kimberly Krause

Artwork
Inset: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1767, by David Martin.
Inset: Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (ca. 1816) by Benjamin West. (1738–1820).

The Recordings

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Table of Contents

Track Title Reader Length
1 01 - April 2, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 3:43
2 02 - April 16, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 4:07
3 03 - April 30, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 2:31
4 04 - May 14, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 6:53
5 05 - May 28, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 6:26
6 06 - June 11, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 3:51
7 07 - June 25, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 7:50
8 08 - July 9, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 6:28
9 09 - July 23, 1722 Darcy Smittenaar 5:33
10 10 - August 13, 1722 Patti Cunningham 10:49
11 11 - August 20, 1722 Patti Cunningham 4:46
12 12 - September 10, 1722 Patti Cunningham 5:47
13 13 - September 24, 1722 Patti Cunningham 4:38
14 14 - October 8, 1722 Patti Cunningham 6:01

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