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   On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:05:21 -0000 (UTC), Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
      
   > I was just reading about the fact that Ben Franklin had a trust fund he   
   > intended to be liquidated 200 years after his death.  And it was.   
   >   
   > That makes me wonder what was the slowest plan that has ever been   
   > successfully carried out according to schedule.   
      
   I learned about Franklin's plan for the first time when I saw   
   an article about it in a New York Times microfilm of   
   1900-1910 issues. For an attempt to establish a longer one,   
   check out   
   https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/future/trust-issues   
   Did you mean specifically a financial instrument? That idea is   
   called a "Methusaleh trust", I once read somewhere,though I couldn't find   
   anything online right now about the concept.   
      
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