[Benjamin Franklin's mock epitaph]. In: An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1771
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1770]. 12mo. 24 pages. Original self-wrappers, sewn. Contains the first appearance in print of Franklin's mock epitaph composed when he was 22 years old in 1728. Ames provides the humorless introduction: "Mr. Franklin's Epitaph on himself curious for conveying such solemn.....