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- GLC#
- GLC08802
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 21 August 1781
- Author/Creator
- Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849
- Title
- Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 10, no. 771 (August 21, 1781)]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 4 p. : newspaper Height: 42.5 cm, Width: 27.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Contains reports of activities of the British army near Camden, South Carolina. Refers to the actions of American General Nathanael Greene, British General Charles Cornwallis, and Lord Francis Hastings-Rawdon. Includes a petition of the West India Planters and Merchants to King George III. Contains reports on the activities of various privateers, notices of sale, and advertisements.
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