27 August 1747
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Newspaper
Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 976 (August 27, 1747)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Address from the Council of Proprietors for the Eastern Division of New Jersey to Jonathan Belcher, Governor in Chief, welcoming him to that province's government. Includes Belcher's reply and subsequent correspondence. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.
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