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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 947 (February 3, 1747)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.088 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: February 3, 1747 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1, 3, and 4. Massachusetts Bay governor William Shirley's speech to the general assembly of that province regarding acts of hostility between Indians and French Canadians. Also discusses settling boundary disputes between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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