{"id":4577,"date":"2021-09-10T11:09:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:10:01","slug":"benjamin-franklins-last-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/benjamin-franklins-last-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s last letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" data-attachment-id=\"4509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-gop-and-the-strains-on-the-two-party-system\/the-fulcrum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The-Fulcrum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-300x158.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly before he died on April 17, 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, &#8220;Rules for Ruining a Republic.&#8221; He had been a master of satirical letters \u2014 we might call them hoaxes \u2014 written for political purposes. Among the more famous was one he quill-penned in 1773 to warm the British that they were setting themselves up for an American revolt. The title was &#8220;Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One.&#8221; That letter was written in a steady hand. His deathbed letter, dated March 28, was in a shaky one and was apparently slipped into a loose joint in the floorboards of the bedroom he occupied in his Philadelphia home&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefulcrum.us\/congress\/how-to-ruin-a-republic\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before he died on April 17, 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, &#8220;Rules for Ruining a Republic.&#8221; He had been a master of satirical letters \u2014 we might call them hoaxes \u2014 written for political purposes. 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