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- GLC#
- GLC03438
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 1729 - 1734
- Author/Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Title
- Pennsylvania gazette. [Nos. 42-315] [Incomplete]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 870 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Samuel Kaimer began publishing the Gazette on Dec. 24, 1728 and sold the paper to Franklin and Meredith in 1729 with issue no. 40. The partnership dissolved as early as 7/14/1730 although Meredith's name was kept on the colophon through 5/4/1732; Franklin's name appears alone beginning with issue no. 180 (5/11/1732).
223 issues
Volume includes issues: 42-52, 55, 57-61, 63-64, 66-67, 73, 76, 78, 80-94, 97-99, 102-107, 109-118, 120-136, 138, 141-149, 151-159, 161-166, 168-172, 174-192, 194-195, 197-198, 202, 212-215, 217-223, 225-236, 238-241, 243-251, 253-259, 261-307, 309 and 313-315 (Oct. 9 1729- Dec. 12 1734).
Volume LACKS: 53-54, 56, 62, 65, 68-72, 74-75, 77, 79, 95-96, 100-101, 108, 119, 137, 139-140, 150, 160, 167, 173, 193, 196, 199-201, 203-211, 216, 224, 237, 242, 252, 260, 308 and 310-312.
"Mr. Jones" appears written on the tops of issue nos. 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68 and 73.
Not paginated. Pages per issue are usually four, except for nos. 43-52 and 55.
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