Only daughter of Benjamin Franklin, and wife of Richard Bache; born in Philadelphia on the 11th of September 1743; died on the 5th of October 1808. During the war for independence she was untiring in her efforts to mitigate the hardships of the soldiers, for whom she collected large sums of money and hospital stores. At one time over 2,000 women worked under her direction in sewing for the army during the winter of 1780.
