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Note in a bottle  in the floorboards— What does it say?

I’m imagining a floorboard in Philidelphia with a bottle hidden in the floorboards containing a note from Elizabeth Powel, who was a social activist woman of the times who asked Benjamin Franklin, “Have we got a republic or a monarchy?” To which Franklin replied, “a republic, if you can keep it.”

Read about the actual quote at the Library of Congress.

September 18, 1787

I hold Dr. Franklin to his Word. If you find this note, answer for yourself—Have we a republic or monarchy?

~Elizabeth Powel

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Note in a bottle in the floorboards— What does it say?

September 18, 1787

I hold Dr. Franklin to his Word. If you find this note, answer for yourself—Have we a republic or monarchy?

~Elizabeth Powelhttps://t.co/q8w21oesCD pic.twitter.com/m6TZLjsqFO

— Sheri Edwards (@grammasheri) November 24, 2022

Let’s keep it, the republic, that is– where the Rule of Law and the public good in a nation where “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” [Declaration of Independence]