July 26

Event:
1775 The Continental Congress appoints Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General, the first to hold this post.

1788 New York becomes the eleventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Birth:
1782 John Field, Irish composer best known for being the first composer to write nocturnes.

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The American Revolutionary Period 1760-1789