Salt to Pennsylvania...
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March 25, 1727
THE LONDON GAZETTE, from London, England, dated March 25, 1727 This is the oldest continually published newspaper in the world, having begun in 1665 and is still publishing today. This issue is over 280 years old.
Published three times a week, and each number, which cost two pence (halfpenny), contains eight pages. Included is domestic and foreign news, essays both original and reprinted (often serialized), occasional poetry, letters to the editor, and, mostly at the back, public notices and advertisements for books, patent medicines, auctions, and other goods and services.
This contains an article from Madrid of a "Proclamation forbidden, upon Pain of Death, all Persons in the Camp to write any particulars whatsoever of what passed:..." Also on the front page is "An Act for importing Salt from Europe into the Province of Pensilvania (Pennsylvania) in America".
This includes both a partial red ink tax stamp. This is the complete issue and it has scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition. See photos for details.
Published three times a week, and each number, which cost two pence (halfpenny), contains eight pages. Included is domestic and foreign news, essays both original and reprinted (often serialized), occasional poetry, letters to the editor, and, mostly at the back, public notices and advertisements for books, patent medicines, auctions, and other goods and services.
This contains an article from Madrid of a "Proclamation forbidden, upon Pain of Death, all Persons in the Camp to write any particulars whatsoever of what passed:..." Also on the front page is "An Act for importing Salt from Europe into the Province of Pensilvania (Pennsylvania) in America".
This includes both a partial red ink tax stamp. This is the complete issue and it has scattered foxing, otherwise in good condition. See photos for details.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's











