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for $ 0.75 per pound, for a total of $ 960,000 in gold. While in
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596:"Franklin's Confederate Monument - Understanding Its Role In Our Collective History"
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744:"7 Surprising Facts You'll Learn on a Franklin Walking Tour!"
649:"Millie Simpkins "Black Mamie" 1837 - 1938: In Her Own Words"
571:"Franklin's Civil War-era structures survive in time warp"
769:"These 8 Franklin Stories Should Be Books & Movies"
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