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J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790 The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2939 (July 4, 1788)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02432 Author/Creator: J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 4 July 1788 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 47 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

Prints a description of the order and accoutrements of a procession in honor of the establishment of the Constitution. Articles on commerce and foreign intelligence. Contains news from Europe and around the country and many advertisements. Prints a notice from the Philadelphia Board of Commissioners reminding merchants of recently enacted regulations on street vending. Pages have separated and are no longer bound together.

Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole (publishers), 1793-1795
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849

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