Philadelphia, 22 April - The following was the order of procession yesterday at the funeral of our late and illustrious citizen, Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin... – Historic Print
![Philadelphia, 22 April - The following was the order of procession yesterday at the funeral of our late and illustrious citizen, Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin..., 1790 April. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9d666a271f96-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Philadelphia, 22 April - The following was the order of procession yesterday at the funeral of our late and illustrious citizen, Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin.... Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Philadelphia, 22 April - The following was the order of procession yesterday at the funeral of our late and illustrious citizen, Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin...
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Rather than a portrait or a scene, this item preserves the printed order of procession for Benjamin Franklin's funeral in Philadelphia, which the notice dates to the day before its publication on April 22, 1790. Franklin had died on April 17 at the age of 84, and the march through the city followed a fixed sequence of participants. The text appeared in the *Gazetteer of the United States* on April 28, so this is a detail cut from a newspaper page rather than a standalone broadside. It offers a useful record of how one of the nation's founders was publicly mourned in the early republic.
| Created / published | 1790 April. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Illus. in: [detail of page from] the Gazeteer of the United States, April 28, 1790. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Funerals; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 889 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150698 |
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