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Benjamin Franklin’s obituary, details of his death & the epitaph he wrote (1790)

When Founding Father Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, newspapers published an account of Franklin’s last illness and death, his obituary, and even the epitaph he wrote for himself.

 
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