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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1118 (May 17, 1750)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06670.142 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 17 May 1750 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 21.25 cm Order a Copy

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Fable entitled "The Catterpillar and Butterfly" on page one. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Advertisement for the sale of lottery tickets. The death of John Kinsey, speaker of the assembly of New Jersey, announced. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Hall, David, 1714-1772
Kinsey, John, 1693-1750

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