1-627-470 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Benjamin Franklin's epitaph, written by himself, 1728, (1840). Facsimile of an epitaph written by scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin, written by himself aged 22: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and Amended By the Author. He was born on January 6, 1706. Died 17__. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac-similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).