Richard Bache

Richard Bache
Richard Bache
	Portrait of Bache, by John Hoppner
United States Postmaster General
	In office; November 7, 1776 – January 28, 1782
Appointed by	Continental Congress
Preceded by	Benjamin Franklin
Succeeded by	Ebenezer Hazard
Personal details
Born	September 12, 1737; Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	April 17, 1811 (aged 73); Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse	Sarah Franklin (m. 1767; died 1808)
Children	Benjamin Franklin Bache; William Franklin Bache; Sarah Franklin Bache; Eliza Harwood; Louis Franklin Bache; Deborah Duane; Richard Bache Jr.; Sarah Sergeant;

Richard Bache (September 12, 1737 – April 17, 1811), born in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, immigrated to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania, where he was a businessman, a marine insurance underwriter, and later served as Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin.

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