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One of the less common 18th century titles...
One of the less common 18th century titles...
Item # 705984
June 14, 1797
PORCUPINE'S GAZETTE, Philadelphia, June 14, 1797
* Rare 18th century American publication
The entire front page is taken up with ads including a a detailed ad for a runaway slave ad under: "Fifty Dollars Reward".
Another can be found on the back page.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, nice condition.
AI notes: Porcupine’s Gazette was a daily Philadelphia newspaper first published on March 4, 1797, by the English journalist William Cobbett, who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Porcupine. Originally titled Porcupine’s Gazette and United States Daily Advertiser, it shortened its name to Porcupine’s Gazette by late April 1797. The paper was notorious for its sharp, highly partisan political commentary in support of the Federalist Party and President John Adams, often attacking Jeffersonian Republicans and sympathizers of the French Revolution. Running four pages in folio format, it combined political essays, local and foreign news, advertisements, and public notices, reflecting the intensely partisan press culture of the early United States. Cobbett’s provocative style made the Gazette a target of rival newspapers like the Philadelphia Aurora, and its issues from 1797 are preserved in historical collections, including the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America archive.
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