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Paul Cuffe
$300,000 Auction Estimate for Benjamin Franklin Promissory Note
August 14, 2026
An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange repayment of a French loan that helped finance the American Revolution leads the
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