THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, or; THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Phila., Dec. 29, 1781  Page 2 has: "A Letter from Colonel Williams, D.A.G. of the Southern Army, to his Friend, a Gentleman in Philadelphia". In the letter Williams mentions his service in the military and states to his friend: "I consider myself interested in its reputation, and cannot hear, without concern, that an injurious opinion has been maliciously propagated, or ignorantly adopted, relative to the action before Camden on the 25th of April last..." What follows is Williams account of the events at Camden with much about the actions of Colonel Gunby and the apparent misconduct by the Maryland troops. Apparently there was a court of inquiry concerning this matter because Williams includes the opinion of the court in his letter and, we suspect that D.A.G. is an abbreviation for Deputy Advocate General.
In reading the letter it is somewhat unclear whether Williams was a witness or representing the Advocate Generals office. Uncommon to see such war-related content in a newspaper from the Revolutionary War.  This issue also contains an ad by Rebecca Young who was a noteworthy seamstress for the Continental Army, and who was the mother of Mary Pickersgill, who sewed the flag flown at Fort McHenry which inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the words of the Star Spangled Banner.
Has ornate lettering in the masthead. Archival mend to two minor tears at the spine, area of very lite foxing, some lite margin foxing as well, otherwise nice. Untrimmed.