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Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.
Benjamin Banneker
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Benjamin Banneker
Age: 74 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 9
Died: 1806
Died: October 19
Astronomer
Editor
Farmer
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Surveyor
Watchmaker
Baltimore County
Maryland
Appointed
Secretary
Peace
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