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When the men working on Massachusetts Hall tore the outer boards off the framework of the door on the north side, a small pencil sketch of a gentleman dressed in colonial clothes was seen among the other ancient scrawls. Above the drawing was the inscription. "Bedamn, Ben", Archacologists of the University are puzzled regarding the exact meaning of "Bedamn", but as the picture portrays a somewhat portly gentleman, they deduce that "Ben" probably refers to Benjamin Franklin, and that the drawing was a tribute to him by one of his more ardent admirers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Bedamn, Ben" Says Inscription Unearthed by Workers on Massachusetts Hall, but No One Knows What It Means | 9/26/1924 | See Source »

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