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 Easter Egg'
"It's almost as if he was playing a practical joke from beyond the grave and trying a mess with civicleaters of these different cities by leaving a bunch of money, but not a clear plan of execution," says historian David Frum. "I absolutely think that he put this easter egg in his will in in addition to many other things in his will."
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