Benjamin Franklin Bache, a Democratic Leader of the Eighteenth Century.

The article presents a biography for the late 18th century American political writer and journalist Benjamin Franklin Bache. Introductory comments are given noting and criticizing his negatively perceived place in U.S. history. Details are given relating several periods of Bache's life, including his childhood relationship with his grandfather Benjamin Franklin, his career as a printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his political opposition to the Federalist Party.