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- GLC#
- GLC08691
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 30 November 1782
- Author/Creator
- Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
- Title
- Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. 970 (November 30, 1782)]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including officers to be appointed, and the pay and supplies given for the different ranks. Also prints "An Act to Prevent any New Independent State within the limits Commonwealth," on p. 3, first column, which states that any attempt to form a new government within the state will be considered treason.
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