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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST
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		IRS NUMBER:				943077602
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

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		STREET 1:		ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
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		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-312-2000

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		CITY:			SAN MATEO
		STATE:			CA
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          <relyOnRuleType>Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4)</relyOnRuleType>
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<FILENAME>FUT_Audit_Letter.txt
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<TEXT>
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders Franklin Universal Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Franklin Universal Trust (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended
August 31, 2018, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB"),
we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting,
including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for
designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of controls.  A company's internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A
company's internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control does not allow management
or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB.  However, we
noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined
above as of August 31, 2018.


This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Board of Trustees and the Securities and Exchange Commission and
is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.



/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Francisco, California
10/22/2018
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