Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 765 (August 11, 1743)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.027 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 11 August 1743 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 24.5 cm Order a Copy
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. News of a young woman convicted of wearing men's clothing and passing herself as a sailor. Adds that she was a dextrous seafarer and was generally the first one aloft. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.
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