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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 753 (May 19, 1743)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.015 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 19 May 1743 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 24.5 cm Order a Copy

Includes an interview with Count Zinzendorff regarding the Law under Gospel Dispensation and religious conversion. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von, 1700-1760

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