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Last NameFRANKLIN
First NameJAMES
Maiden 
RelationH/O ANN; [BROTHER/O BENJAMIN FRANKLIN]
Cemetery NumberNT003
Cemetery NameCOMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1699c
Death Day4
Death MonthFEB
Death Year1735
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionBH
Lot 
Map00258
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2007
CarverWILLIAM STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[one of the first printers in America and published one of the first newspapers, the New England Courant (in Boston). 16 year old Benjamin Franklin got his start writing for this paper. The paper often offended local authorities and Franklin followed in the footsteps of many other Boston outcasts in moving to RI. In 1732 he came to Newport and published the state's first newspaper, the RI Gazette. Only 12 issuescame out before it folded] 1734/5
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