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Dunlap, John (1747-1812) Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [March 21, 1780]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08748.05 Author/Creator: Dunlap, John (1747-1812) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 21 March 1780 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper ; 42.8 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

Contains dispatches of General George Washington and Congress. Includes reports on various ships, and war news from Georgia. Contains a report from the House of Commons pertaining to a bill for the encouragement of Irish trade. Includes a report on Continental troops taking a British officer (Captain Ogden) hostage near Tarrytown, New York. Refers to an investigation conducted by General Philip Schuyler related to events in Canada. Contains an extract of minutes of the General Assembly, authorized by Assembly Clerk Thomas Paine, related to "An Act for striking the sum of One hundred thousand pounds in Bills of Credit, for the present relief of the Army ... " Contains notices of sale, one of which depicts the printed image of a black horse.

Besides printing the Packet, Dunlap also served as a printer for Congress.

[Draft Excerpt Created by Crowdsourcing]
Philadelphia, March 13, 1780.
Philip Wilson,
Is removed to a corner house in South and Water or Penn streets; and having imported Run, Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa, Congo Tea and Salt, will tell on the lowest terms. He has also for sale, Bohea and green Teas.
Ran away from said Wilson, on Friday last, a Negro man named Ben, lame in the left leg and foot, (having been shot in the back sinews) wags his body and walks mostly on his toes from the weakness of his heel; he is about twenty-six years of age, about five feet two inches high, broad and strong made: He had on a blue coatee, the lapells and button-holes bound with blue tape, cloth coloured breaches and grey stockings. A reward of Eight Dollars, and charges of taking him up, shall be paid.

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

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