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Parker, W., fl. 1777 General advertiser and morning intelligencer. [No. 337 (December 3, 1777)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08717 Author/Creator: Parker, W., fl. 1777 Place Written: London, England Type: Newspaper Date: 3 December 1777 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 46.8 cm, Width: 31.2 cm Order a Copy

Reprints the "whole of the London Gazette Extraordinary," of 2 December 1777 which includes a letter of British General William Howe to Lord George Germain dated 10 October 1777 at Germantown concerning events in the Revolutionary War. Includes a list of wounded and killed at the Battle of Brandywine, 11 September 1777 and Germantown, 4 October 1777. Also prints extracts of letters from Sir Henry Clinton to William Howe. Stamped with half-penny tax on first page lower right corner.

Parker, W., fl. 1777
Howe, William, 1729-1814
Germain, George Sackville, Viscount Sackville, 1716-1785
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

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