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Encyclopedia: John Jeffries

Dr. John Jeffries (1745-1819) was a Boston physician, scientist, and a military surgeon with the British army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. He is best known for accompanying Jean-Pierre Blanchard on his 1785 balloon flight across the English Channel. Dr. John Jeffries also played a large role in the trial for the Boston Massacre. He was the star witness for the defense. He was the surgeon for Patrick Carr, who was one of the Americans shot during that incident.

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1785 in science

. Aviation January 7 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover... - John James Audubon, naturalist, illustrator (died 1851) Deaths...

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Jean-Pierre Blanchard

Jean-Pierre Blanchard (aka Jean Pierre François Blanchard), (7 July 1753 - 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, most remembered a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard made his first successful balloon flight in 1784 and flew with Dr. John Jeffries in the first flight over the English...

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1785

published in London. January 7 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from... von Arnim, lyricist (+ 1859) April 26 - John James Audubon, naturalist, illustrator (+ 1851) May 18 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (+ 1854) August 15 - Thomas de Quincey - English essayist August 23...

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1782

security Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries try to cross the English Channel with a hot-air balloon... Charlotte Dacre, author (+ 1842) January 18 - Daniel Webster, statesman (+ 1852) March 18 - John Calhoun, Vice President of the United States (+ 1850) July 26 - John Field, composer (+ 1837) October 27...

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English Channel

Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries traveled from Dover, England to Calais, France in a...

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January 7

). 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to... - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004) 1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel...) 1972 - John Berryman, American poet (b. 1914) 1984 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize...

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