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- GLC#
- GLC08715.01
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 10 April 1779
- Author/Creator
- Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
- Title
- Pennsylvania packet.
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 May 1779, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 10 March 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Act made law by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise $1, 900,000 from taxes in the state. Reaction in the House of Commons dated 5 December 1778 to a proclamation issued by commissioners in New York. Tolls for bridge over Schuylkill River. Advertisements for sales, statements regarding lost horses, and other advertisements.
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