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by croissants
1943 days ago
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Another amusing event from the life of the balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard mentioned in the article: in 1793, Blanchard arranged the first American balloon flight, starting in Philadelphia. George Washington was interested enough to attend and write Blanchard a passport saying, roughly, "look, this guy is French and traveling in this unpredictable way, if you find him then know that I, George Washington, think he's cool, and you should help him get back to Philadelphia", which apparently worked [1]. [1] https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-e... |
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