THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1777 

* General George Washington... 
* Revolutionary War original...  Loads of interesting reading... 

Among the many front page reports are items including: "...we learn that when the Howe's Proclamation was proffered to the American prisoners to sign (notwithstanding they were confined on board a guard ship & told that General Howe had got possession of Philadelphia) they, like true Americans, to a man, nobly disdained to do it..." and "...that the Hessians are very sickly & discontented & had three rounds fired on a number of them in Jersey by a party of the British troops for refusing to come to attack the Americans..."

and... "I have the pleasure of informing you that the Honorable Benjamin Franklin arrived safe in Nantz on the 6th instant & has set out for Paris...I believe the government of France are disposed to favour us..." and other war-related bits. 

Page 2 has a report from Peekskill including: "...Daniel Strang...a spy from the enemy's army was executed...He was lurking about the army here & had enlisting orders to recruit for the enemy sewed in his breeches which were found on him...his punishment will deter others from the horrid & unnatural act of conspiring against their country...".

Page 2 also has a report of a meeting with a lengthy list of toasts at the city tavern in Phila., including to "The United States of America...General Washington & the army of the United States...the Friends of Liberty in all parts of the world...perpetual Union & strict friendship among the States of America..." & more (see).

There are page 2 war reports as well including: "...informed that the enemy were on full march from Amboy to this place by the way of Raway...heard the firing begin between a party of our men...our scattered troops assembled with all possible expedition..." & more (see) with this war content taking most of the column & carrying over to pg. 3.

All of pg. 4 is taken up with ads.