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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 783 (December 15, 1743)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.040 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 15 December 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. Printed speech of Pennsylvania Royal Governor George Thomas to that state's assembly and their reply. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Thomas, George, 1705-1775

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