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24 January 1778
Wilkie, J., fl. 1757-1823
The London chronicle. [Vol. 43, no. 3298 (January 24, 1778)]
Contains new of the Revolutionary War, debates in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, literary essays, and local London news.
GLC08690
30 November 1782
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. 970 (November 30, 1782)]
Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including...
GLC08691
1778-1780
[Tea receipts] [Decimalized .01- .03]
Collection of three receipts for tea sold during the Revolutionary War.
GLC08696
3 December 1777
Parker, W., fl. 1777
General advertiser and morning intelligencer. [No. 337 (December 3, 1777)]
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...
GLC08717
12 September 1780
Pennsylvania Packet [Revolutionary war news, act on registering slaves]
GLC08718
1781/06/21
Willis, Nathaniel, 1755-1831
Independent chronicle. [No. 669 (June 21, 1781)]
Reprinting of the plan given to Congress to charter a national bank.
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8 April 1776
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803
Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 1090, (April 8, 1776)]
Prints resolution of Congress dated March 23, 1776. Also reports on news regarding the evacuation of Boston by the British. Contains fugitive slave ads.
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14 December 1775
Towne, Benjamin, ?-1793
The Pennsylvania evening post. [Vol. 1, no. 14 (December 14, 1775)]
Includes several letters from mid-October 1775 by Brook Watson in Montreal. As a British officer who owned land in Nova Scotia, Watson pretended to support the American cause in 1774. Intercepted letters to General Thomas Gage proved he was a spy...
GLC08748.06
15 August 1774
Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797
Boston evening post. [No. 2029 (August 15, 1774)]
Printed by John and Thomas Fleet. Signed by Mr. [John?] Porter. Contains a report on the opposition of English politicians William Dowdeswell and John Dunning to the passage of the Port Bill of 1774. Dunning states "It now appears to me, that the...
GLC08749
16 July 1779
Donaldson, James, 1751-1830
Edinburgh advertiser. [Vol. 32, no. 1622 (July 13- July 16, 1779)]
Discusses local meetings of noblemen regarding the raising of sailors. Includes a proclamation of George III discussing Britain's possible invasion by unspecified British enemies. Includes a letter from British General Henry Clinton discussing the...
GLC08756
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