The Silence Dogood Society

Sirs and Madames, It may not be improper in the first place to inform you as Readers, that I intend once a Fortnight to present you, by the Help of this Blog, with a short Epistle, which I presume will add somewhat to your Entertainment and just possibly your Enlightenment.   And since it is observed, that the Generality of People, now a days, are unwilling either to commend or dispraise what they read, until they are in some measure informed who or what the Author of it is, whether he be poor or rich, old or young, a Scholar or a Leather Apron Man, &c. and give their Opinion of the Performance, according to the Knowledge which they have of the Author's Circumstances, it may not be amiss to begin with a short Account of my position and motivation and present Condition, that the Reader may not be at a Loss to judge whether or not my Lucubration’s are worth his and her reading. First, I am an unabashed fan of all things American.   Does this imply I’m a Democrat, Indep...