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Early newspaper from Harrisburg...
Early newspaper from Harrisburg...
Item # 694459
November 12, 1803
THE ORACLE OF DAUPHIN, AND HARRISBURGH ADVERTISER, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 1803
* Rare publication
* Pre state capital
An issue from our private collection, saved because it is quite rare from this early year as well as being in great condition. The only other issue we've offered in the last 12+ years was dated 1820.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser was an influential early Pennsylvania newspaper that operated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving the growing political community of Harrisburg and the wider Dauphin County region. Published at a time when the young nation was shaping its civic identity, the paper carried state legislative proceedings, national political news, commercial notices, and public announcements, often reflecting the spirited partisan dialogue of the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras. It provided a crucial forum for legal notices, land sales, merchant advertising, and official state communications, helping to connect rural central Pennsylvania with the political currents of Philadelphia and the federal government. Surviving issues—preserved in historical archives and early American newspaper collections—illustrate its role as a primary vehicle for political debate, local governance updates, and the dissemination of information in a rapidly developing state capital.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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