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COPYRIGHT 1906 BY THE ROSE COMPANY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BORN IN BOSTON, 1706. MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA 1723, AND STARTED A
PRINTING SHOP. PUBLISHED POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC. REPRESENTATIVE TO ENGLAND,
1764-1775. ELECTED TO CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1775. HELPED TO FRAME
ARRANGED AMERICAN-FRENCH
SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
ALLIANCE, 1777. DIED IN PHILADELPHIA, 1790.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S GRAVE AT PHILADELPHIA.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S
EPITAPH WRITTEN BY
HIMSELF. (THIS DOES
NOT APPEAR ON THE
STONE.)
BODY OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
PRINTER
(Like the cover of an old
book; its contents torn out
And stripped of its lettering
and gilding,) Lies here food
for worms. Yet the Work it-
self shall not be lost, For it
will (as he believes) appear
once more, in a new and
more beautiful edi-
tion corrected and a-
mended by the
AUTHOR.
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NO. 954, EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
PUB. BY THE ROSE COMPANY, PHILA., PA.
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