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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN TEMPLETON LIMITED DURATION
INCOME TRUST  (the "Registrant") hereby appoint BRUCE G. LETO, KAREN L.
SKIDMORE, MURRAY L. SIMPSON, BARBARA J. GREEN, DAVID P. GOSS and STEVEN J.
GRAY (with full power to each of them to act alone) his attorney-in-fact and
agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the
undersigned, any and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem
necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register
any security issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, including but not limited
to, any registration statement, including any and all pre- and post-effective
amendments thereto, any other document to be filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.  Each of the undersigned
grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do every act necessary to
be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as he could do if personally present, thereby ratifying all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

      This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed
to be a single document.

      The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 19TH day of JUNE, 2003.

/s/ CHRISTOPHER MOLUMPHY                  /s/ FRANK H. ABBOTT, III
---------------------------------         -------------------------------------
Christopher Molumphy,                     Frank H. Abbott, III,
Chief Executive Officer -                 Trustee
Investment Management

/s/ HARRIS J. ASHTON                      /s/ ROBERT F. CARLSON
---------------------------------         -------------------------------------
Harris J. Ashton,                         Robert F. Carlson,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ MARTIN L. FLANAGAN                    /s/ S. JOSEPH FORTUNATO
---------------------------------         -------------------------------------
Martin L. Flanagan,                       S. Joseph Fortunato,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ CHARLES B. JOHNSON                    /s/ RUPERT  H. JOHNSON, JR.
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Charles B. Johnson,                       Rupert  H. Johnson, Jr.
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ FRANK W.T. LAHAYE                     /s/ GORDON S. MACKLIN
---------------------------------         -------------------------------------
Frank W.T. LaHaye,                        Gordon S. Macklin,
Trustee                                   Trustee

/s/ JIMMY D. GAMBILL                      /s/ KIMBERLEY H. MONASTERIO
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Jimmy D. Gambill,                         Kimberley H. Monasterio,
Chief Executive Officer -                 Chief Financial Officer
Finance and Administration




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