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Urban, Sylvanus, 1745-1826 The Gentleman's Magazine

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02361 Author/Creator: Urban, Sylvanus, 1745-1826 Place Written: London, England Type: Newspaper Date: September 1775 Pagination: 1 v. : p. 409 - p. 456 : ill Height: 20.9 cm, Width: 12.9 cm Order a Copy

Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes the petition of Congress to King George. Also includes a copy of an intercepted John Adams letter to Abigail Adams 24 July 1775, copy of intercepted letter of Benjamin Harrison to George Washington 21 July 1775, summary proceedings of Parliament, plan of American entrechments at Bunker Hill, a continuation of a travel essay by Lithgow, and a continuation of "Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonies." Paginated 409-456. Seems to have been torn from original binding.

Urban, Sylvanus, 1745-1826
Henry, David, 1710-1792

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