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To: Leep

Yeah, that’s for sure!

https://www.fi.edu/en/benjamin-franklin-faq

Ben’s Franklin’s Money sidebar:

Ben Franklin’s Last Will & Testament
By Ric Edelman
https://wecanrise.com/ben-franklins-will/

[snip] By the time he died on April 17, 1790, Ben Franklin was one of the wealthiest men in the United States. In his will, he bequeathed 1,000 pounds sterling each to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia — worth roughly $119,000 in 2019 dollars — with the instructions that much of the money remain untouched for 100 years and the rest untouched for 200 years. [/snip]


16 posted on 07/23/2023 8:31:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yes and they did open that money up. It was worth a small fortune. Imlived about a block from his grave for 2 years. You can look down his toilet off market street.


45 posted on 07/23/2023 11:52:19 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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