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Dunlap, John, 1747-1812 Pennsylvania Packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 3, no. 117 (January 17, 1774)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08689 Author/Creator: Dunlap, John, 1747-1812 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 17 January 1774 Pagination: 4 p. ; 49 x 32.5 cm. Order a Copy

Prints on page two an account on the manumission of slaves calculating what the estimated costs would be to pay for the manumission of all slaves in the Colony. Also includes news from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and public postings.

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

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