Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 858 (May 23, 1745)]

GLC06670.060

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Type
Newspapers
Date
23 May 1745
Author/Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Title
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 858 (May 23, 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. Discussion of the French troops at Frankfort. Printed speech by King George II to both houses of Parliament regarding duties on alcohol, current military support for Hungary, and a new treaty with Poland. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Reports of French and Indian plotting against Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

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