page_title: Richard Bache
section_title: Marriage and family
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Bache / Marriage and family
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait of Benjamin Franklin Bache as a young man.
context_page_description: Richard Bache, born in Settle, Yorkshire, England, immigrated to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania, where he was a businessman, a marine insurance underwriter, and later served as head of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin.
context_section_description: That year, Bache had proposed to Sarah Franklin (1743–1808), known as Sally, the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. They objected, given his precarious finances and rumors that Bache was a fortune hunter. Although Franklin and his wife Deborah Read never formally approved, they acquiesced to the marriage in 1767. Bache and Sally had eight children together, including Benjamin Franklin, Louis Franklin and Richard Franklin.
caption: Benjamin Franklin Bache
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