Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress

PENNSYLVANIA

LANCASTER.

538. The Pennsylvania packet, or, The General advertiser.w., Nov. 29, 1777-June 17, 1778.

Note: Removed from Philadelplhia--where it had been published under the title Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet, or, The General advertiser--upon the occupaction of the city by the British. The first Lancaster issue was that of Nov. 29, 1777; the second was Dec. 3, 1777, and thereafter it was published weekly with extra issues on Mar. 9, May 23, and June 6, 1778. The last issue published in Lancaster was that of June 17, 1778; publication was resumed at Philadelphia, July 4, 1778.

Publisher: John Dunlap.

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