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Newspaper The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1742-1793 Published as: Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser / Published as: Pennsylvania journal and the weekly advertiser / Pennsylvania journal / Weekly advertiser

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1742-1793

Other Title

  • Published as: Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser
  • Published as: Pennsylvania journal and the weekly advertiser
  • Pennsylvania journal
  • Weekly advertiser

Names

  • Bradford, William, 1663-1752
  • Bradford, Thomas, 1745-1838

Dates of Publication

  • 1742-1793

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, Pa. : Printed and sold by William Bradford, 1742-1793.

Headings

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

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Frequency varies, Sept. 5, 1789-1793
  • -  No. 3 (Dec. 21, 1742)-no. 3619 (Sept. 18, 1793).
  • -  Publisher varies: William and Thomas Bradford, <1769>; Thomas Bradford, <1779>; T. Bradford & P. Hall, <1779>; Thomas Bradford, <1791>-
  • -  Suspended publication Nov. 27, 1776-Jan. 29, 1777.
  • -  Issue for Mar. 31, 1779 numbered 1282 instead of 1822; error perpetuated for rest of run.
  • -  Available on microfilm from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. ; Microfilming Corp. of America, Birth of America Series.

Medium

  • volumes ; 48 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn85047530

OCLC Number

  • 2253905

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Chicago citation style:

The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser Philadelphia, Pa. -1793. (Philadelphia, PA), Jan. 1 1742. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85047530/.

APA citation style:

(1742, January 1) The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser Philadelphia, Pa. -1793. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85047530/.

MLA citation style:

The Pennsylvania Journal, Or, Weekly Advertiser Philadelphia, Pa. -1793. (Philadelphia, PA) 1 Jan. 1742. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85047530/.