The Block Island Times
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This week in history, 258 years ago: Catherine Ray and Ben Franklin's secret

By Robert M. Downie | Dec 31, 2012

This week in history, 258 years ago, in December 1754, the first meeting occurred between Caty Ray*, a 23-year-old Block Island resident of "wit and gaiety," and the famous Benjamin Franklin, a 47-year-old husband and father. The two were distantly ...

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