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PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Nov. 17, 1788 The front page features 15 illustrated ship ads and an ad for: "A Runaway Negro".
Page 3 has a report from the Penna. "General Assembly" noting: "...the house proceeded to the election of delegates to represent this state in the Congress of the United States until the constitution for the government of the said United States shall be in operation...". A page 2 item begins: "The gentlemen almost universally talked of as federal senators are the honorable John and Samuel Adams and the honorable Francis Danna. These are all highly meritorious & equally entitled to the first honors of the government..." with more.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, very nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026
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