(FRANKLIN BENJAMIN) The Pennsylvania Gazette

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(FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.) The Pennsylvania Gazette. #1057. 4 pages, 12 x 8 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet, disbound; one-inch closed tear to both leaves, minor foxing. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 14 March 1748/9

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An issue of Benjamin Franklin's newspaper. The lead article is a long political tirade extracted from the Remembrancer. Three shipping advertisements are illustrated with small woodcuts, including one for the sloop Charming Molly placed by Peter Franklin (Benjamin's brother). Several advertisements and an article relate to escaped slaves. Miller 479.