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Newspaper The Pennsylvania Packet, Or, the General Advertiser (Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.) 1777-1783 Pennsylvania packet / General advertiser

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Pennsylvania Packet, Or, the General Advertiser (Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.) 1777-1783

Other Title

  • Pennsylvania packet
  • General advertiser

Names

  • Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, publisher

Dates of Publication

  • 1777-1783

Created / Published

  • Lancaster, Pa. : J. Dunlap, 1777-1783
  • Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Dunlap

Headings

  • -  Lancaster (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Lancaster County (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Philadelphia County (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Pennsylvania--Lancaster
  • -  Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
  • -  Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  Pennsylvania--Philadelphia County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Lancaster

Genre

  • Electronic journals
  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Triweekly, June 12, 1781-Oct. 11, 1783
  • -  Nov. 29, 1777-Nov. 28, 1780 ; no. 684 (Dec. 2, 1780)-no. 695 (Jan. 2, 1781) ; v. 10, no. 696 (Jan. 6, 1781)-v. 12, no. 1606 (Oct. 11, 1783).
  • -  Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers p. 942
  • -  Also issued in microform from Readex Microprint Corp. ; Also available on microfilm from Microfilming Corp. of America, Birth of America Series.
  • -  Pennsylvania packet, and general advertiser (DLC)sn 83021128 (OCoLC)9833187

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • AP2.A2 A63 Box 79

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83021127

OCLC Number

  • 9833164

ISSN Number

  • 2689-7199

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Chicago citation style:

The Pennsylvania Packet, Or, the General Advertiser Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. -1783. (Philadelphia, PA), Jan. 1 1777. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021127/.

APA citation style:

(1777, January 1) The Pennsylvania Packet, Or, the General Advertiser Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. -1783. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021127/.

MLA citation style:

The Pennsylvania Packet, Or, the General Advertiser Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. -1783. (Philadelphia, PA) 1 Jan. 1777. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021127/.