This Might be True
Jul 8, 2022 07:34:47 #
True or false, it's a good story. : )
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
Jul 8, 2022 07:51:26 #
Jul 8, 2022 09:32:32 #
Thanks for posting, it seems so with a little searching found out more about the gentlemen that I didn't know.
Jul 9, 2022 06:29:40 #
Jul 9, 2022 06:55:35 #
Recently watched a two part Ken Burns documentary on Benjamin Franklin. There was mention of money left and currently used, but I didn’t fully catch the details. It’s well worth watching and very interesting.
Jul 9, 2022 06:59:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
True or false, it's a good story. : )
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
The general statement is true but the details are slightly off. My question is since both cities received the same amount what was the difference in how it was invested that produced such a disparate difference between what Philadelphia's portion was worth and what Boston's portion was worth?
Jul 9, 2022 23:39:05 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
I would have thought this would have bumped up against The Rule Against Perpetuities, but I guess if no one challenged it. Maybe a question for the estate lawyers in our membership.
Jul 10, 2022 09:03:02 #
RodeoMan wrote:
I would have thought this would have bumped up against The Rule Against Perpetuities, but I guess if no one challenged it. Maybe a question for the estate lawyers in our membership.
Considering the tiny amount of interest banks pay these days, I'm sure they didn't mind have all that money to play with as they added 0.1% interest.
I'd like to see someone estimate how much money the banks made on Ben's deposit over the years.
Jul 10, 2022 10:24:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
True or false, it's a good story. : )
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
Well, I guess it's true. https://aadl.org/node/40527#:~:text=When%20Benjamin%20Franklin%20passed%20away,200%20years%20after%20his%20death.
This shows Franklin was not only a brilliant politician and inventor but an optimist as well! The US was pretty fragile in those days yet he believed it would still be around in 200 years.
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