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Supplement to the Pennsylvania Ledger no. 54

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06954 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: [1776/02/02] Pagination: 1 p. ; 37.5 x 20 cm Order a Copy

The supplement concerns the attack by British fleet near Newport, RI. Reports from Providence and Newport. The Ledger was a British Tory newspaper, only printed during the occupation of Philadelphia.

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