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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 759 (June 30, 1743)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.021 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 30 June 1743 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 24.5 cm Order a Copy

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Announces the death of the Dutchess of Buckingham. Prints the speech by King George II ending the Sessions of Parliament. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Critique of Count Zinzendorff's interview from issue number 753. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Buckingham and Normanby, Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of, 1681-1743
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von, 1700-1760
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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