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Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 976 (August 27, 1747)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.108 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 27 August 1747 Pagination: 4 p. ; 31 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Address from the Council of Proprietors for the Eastern Division of New Jersey to Jonathan Belcher, Governor in Chief, welcoming him to that province's government. Includes Belcher's reply and subsequent correspondence. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757

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