Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 765 (August 11, 1743)]

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GLC06670.027
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Type
Newspapers
Date
11 August 1743
Author/Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Title
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 765 (August 11, 1743)]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 24.5 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. News of a young woman convicted of wearing men's clothing and passing herself as a sailor. Adds that she was a dextrous seafarer and was generally the first one aloft. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

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