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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: Longest plan
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:04:24 -0000 (UTC)
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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.