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Richard Bache, Jr. was born on March 11, 1784 at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], the son of [[Richard Bache]], Sr., a marine insurance underwriter and importer. Bache, Sr. had also served as [[United States Postmaster General]] from 1776 to 1782. About 1819, he served aswas the publisher of the ''Franklin Gazette,'' a democratic newspaper in Philadelphia, along with [[John Norvell]]. The latter later moved to Michigan, where he was elected by the state legislature as a United States Senator.

HisRichard's mother was [[Sarah Franklin Bache]] (September 11, 1743 – October 5, 1808), known as Sally, the only daughter of [[Benjamin Franklin]], one of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] of the [[United States|United States of America]], and his common-law wife, [[Deborah Read]].

Richard grew up in a large family of eight. Among his siblings were his older brother, [[Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist)|Benjamin Franklin Bache]], a contentiouscontroversial newspaper publisher who died of [[yellow fever]] at the age of 29. One of Richard's nephews was [[Andrew A. Harwood]], a naval officer who reached the rank of admiral.