Benjamin Franklin – In the 200 Years After His Death – Funded New Businesses, Supported Boston and Philadelphia, and Play Pranks
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Franklin's Fund
Youno: People are still receiving franklin's money. His money is still in play. If you don't want to go to university, if you want to learn a trade, a you can apply to receive a franklin loan,. That money is still going on to day. He says the boston and philadelphia med never propaganda, or i shouldn't say propaganda, is this. They never promulgated this. There was never a concerted pr campaign that always wanted to tell you how great they were. And so a lot of these recipient success stories went unrecorded - which is why i came across this book. I thought, you know, it's time to write a book when
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