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Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 979 (September 17, 1747)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.111 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 17 September 1747 Pagination: 4 p. ; 31 x 21 cm.

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Speech by King George II to Parliament regarding the passing of an Act of Grace to reestablish peace throughout the kingdom. Includes Parliament's response. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

Continues "The Universal instructor in all arts and sciences, and Pennsylvania gazette." Issues have a subtitle, "Containing the freshest advices, foreign and domestick." Suspended publication at Philadelphia with the issue of Sept. 10, 1777, upon the arrival of the British troops. Published at York, Pa., Dec. 20, 1777-June 20, 1778. Continued by "The Pennsylvania gazette, and weekly advertiser," published in Philadelphia, starting with the issue of Jan. 5, 1779. Published by Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith, 2 October 1729. Benjamin Franklin 11 May 1732. Benjamin Franklin and David Hall, 12 January 1748. No name given 21 November 1765. David Hall, 6 February 1766. David Hall and William Sellers, 8 May 1766. William and David Hall and William Sellers, 30 December 1772.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
Government and Civics
Military History
American Indian History
Slavery
Runaway Slave
African American History
Fugitive Slave Act
Indentured Servant
Peace
Law

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