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J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole (1784-1790) The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2939 (July 4, 1788)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02432 Author/Creator: J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole (1784-1790) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 4 July 1788 Pagination: 4 p. ; 47 x 29 cm. Order a Copy

Prints a description of the order and accoutrements of a procession in honor of the establishment of the Constitution. Articles on commerce and foreign intelligence. Contains news from Europe and around the country and many advertisements. Prints a notice from the Philadelphia Board of Commissioners reminding merchants of recently enacted regulations on street vending. Pages have separated and are no longer bound together.

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Sales at Auction.
Pursuant to a Decree of the High
Court of Chancery of the State of Virginia, obtained for the Sale of the Estate of JOHN SEMPLE, deceased, for the Payment of his Debts, will be sold upon the Premises, on Monday the 8th of September next
ONE TRACT of LAND in Prince William county, containing about 22 acres, on which is erected a forge, grist and saw mill, commonly known by the name of the Occoquan Works : this seat is equal to any in the state for water works, as it stands on navigable water, and is supplied by a large and constant stream.
Also will be sold at the above Works, on the same Day-One other Tract of Land, situate on the Occoquan river, in said county, called Peyton's Land : Also, another Tract of Land, situate on said river near the above lands, and in the county of Prince William, containing 2500 acres-And at the same time and place will be sold sundry Negroes and Utensils appertaining to the said Works.

Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole (publishers), 1793-1795
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849

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