Marriage advice from Ben Franklin...

Item # 703757

October 10, 1789

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Oct. 10, 1789 The front page has close to a full column taken up with: "Early Marriage -- Original Letter from Dr. Franklin to John Alleyne, Esq." which is signed by him in type: B. F. This is a bit of a "Dear Abby" response from over 200 years ago.
An internet source mentions this was printed in the Penna. Packet of Oct. 30, 1789. This printing appears 20 days earlier.
Pages 2 & 3 have: "New Constitution of France" with various particulars.
Page 3 has a report headed: "Treasury Department" signed in type by: Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. This is his "Report on the Estimate of the Expenditure for the Civil List and the War Department to the End of the Present Year". Part of the financial statement is continued in the next issue.
Four pages, nice condition.

Considered by many as the most significant newspaper of the 18th century, particularly during this, the formative year of the new federal government, as this paper was the mouthpiece of all matters political. Most pronouncements from Congress & the President were printed first in this newspaper.