Death
Fraunces died in Philadelphia a year after his retirement. His obituary appeared in the October 13, 1795 Gazette of the United States:
DIED - On Saturday Evening last, MR. SAMUEL FRAUNCES, aged 73 years. By his death, Society has sustained the loss of an honest man, and the Poor a valuable friend.
He was buried in an unmarked grave at St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia.
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