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PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, July 3, 1786  Page 3 has a report noting in part: "...from Connecticut that the Susquehanna Company are perfectly satisfied with the late

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1779

• Ethan Allen captivity
• Revolutionary War original

Most of the front page is taken up with an Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature, prefaced with a

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 4, 1789

• President George Washington
• 1st Inauguration - inaugural address

Most of page 3 is taken up with reports on the: "Proceedings of

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 2, 1782

• American Revolutionary War

The front page begins with a lengthy report headed: "Office of Finance" signed by: Robert

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, May 27, 1779

• American Revolutionary War
• General George Washington
• Exchange of prisoners talks

The front page begins with two detailed

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"

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1787  A very nice newspaper from the city where the Constitutional Convention was in session at the time this issue was

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 1781

• American Revolutionary War
• Closing months - nice masthead

Page 2 has: "A Proclamation" beginning: "Whereas a

CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Oct. 1, 1787

• Historic United States Constitution
• Constitutional Convention - Congress
• President George Washington signs

Here is one of the more historic and desirable

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, July 27, 1779

• Battle of Stony Point - New York
• American Revolutionary War night assault
• Generals George Washington & Anthony Wayne

This

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, October 6, 1789

• Ratification of the "Bill of Rights" - Congress
• United States Constitution - Amendments

Arguably the most significant

EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, April 5, 1779  Page 2 of this rare Revolutionary War-era issue features an important official communication from the Continental Congress, prefaced by an

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 1780

• Battle of Camden, South Carolina
• Charles Cornwallis vs. Horatio Gates
• American Revolutionary War

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