Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 855 (May 2, 1745)]

GLC06670.057

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Type
Newspapers
Date
2 May 1745
Author/Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Title
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 855 (May 2, 1745)]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Mentions petition presented to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania regarding the creation of a new county. Includes a speech from William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, to the General Assembly of that province, regarding the royal protection of subjects from the French. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

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