Benjamin Gale, 1715 to 1790, was an American physician, scientist, agriculturist, inventor and political polemicist. He was known for his protests against the New Lights, which resulted in a fifteen year pamphlet war against leader Thomas Clap, and was himself considered a leader of Old Light politics in Connecticut.
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Benjamin Gale (December 14, 1715 – May 6, 1790) was an American physician, scientist, agriculturist, inventor and political polemicist who was known for his political protests against the New Lights, which resulted in a fifteen year pamphlet war against leader Thomas Clap, and was himself considered a leader of Old Light politics in Connecticut.
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1715-12-14
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1790-05-06
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was an American physician, scientist, agriculturist, inventor and political polemicist
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which led to his invention of the drill plough
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Throughout the next decade he would indulge in several business ventures and investments, which led to his invention of the drill plough.
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