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The Pennsylvania gazette.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers--Databases.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers.
- Physical Description:
- 1728-1815
- Place of Publication:
- Malvern, PA : Accessible Archives
- Summary:
- Website provides keyword access to a database containing the full text of articles from the Pennsylvania gazette and its variants one of which is entitled Universal instructor in all arts and sciences and Pennsylvania gazette. Offers social, political, and cultural perspectives of the period. Covers the Western Hemisphere, from the Canadian Maritime Provinces through the West Indies and North and South America. Also includes the full text of documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Letters from a Farmer, Thomas Payne's Common Sense, the Federalist Papers, etc.
- Contents:
- Folio I. 1728-1750, Benjamin Franklin's newspaper
- Folio II. 1751-1765, the French & Indian War
- Folio III. 1766-1783, the American Revolution
- Folio IV. 1784-1815, the New Republic.
- Notes:
- Contains material from the following publications: Pennsylvania packet; Universal instructor in all arts and sciences, and Pennsylvania gazette; Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1729); Pennsylvania gazette and weekly advertiser; and Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1782).
- Title from "About the archives" page (viewed Dec. 3, 2007).
- The Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, was one of America's most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1815. It provides a first-hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution, New Republic, and Jeffersonian America, and includes important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. Thousands of articles, editorials, letters, news items and advertisements cover the Western Hemisphere, from the Canadian Maritime Provinces through the West Indies and North and South America, presenting a detailed glimpse of issues and lifestyles of the times.
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