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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.057 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 2 May 1745 Pagination: 4 p. ; 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

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.

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
Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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