Story and Humphreys's Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser newspaper
Collection: National Postal Museum
Object type: Covers & Associated Letters
Date: October 27, 1775
Place: Pennsylvania
United States of America
Medium: paper; ink
Dimensions: Height x Width (folded): 17 × 10 1/4 in. (43.18 × 26.04 cm) Height x Width (unfolded): 17 × 20 1/2 in. (43.18 × 52.07 cm)
Description: Story and Humphreys's Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser newspaper, Vol. 1, No. [?], Friday, October 27, 1775; two pages printed front and back. Illustration of "Philadelphia and New York Stage Coaches"; reprints of letters; marginalia; loyalist newspaper during American Revolution
['PENNSYLVANIA AND UNIVERSAL MERCURY ADVERTISER. Vol. I. NUMB. 30.\nFRIDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1775.\nCity of Philadelphia, September 19, 1775. THE ASSIZE BREAD. First Flour, at Eighteen Shillings per C. Middlings, at Fifteen Shillings, per C. Price of Bread, as by Law, &c. 1 lb. 1d. 1/2 lb. 1/2 d. 1/4 lb. 1/4 d. 1/8 lb. 1/8 d. 1/16 lb. 1/16 d. 1/32 lb. 1/32 d. 1/64 lb. 1/64 d. 1/128 lb. 1/128 d. 1/256 lb. 1/256 d. 1/512 lb. 1/512 d. 1/1024 lb. 1/1024 d. 1/2048 lb. 1/2048 d. 1/4096 lb. 1/4096 d. 1/8192 lb. 1/8192 d. 1/16384 lb. 1/16384 d. 1/32768 lb. 1/32768 d. 1/65536 lb. 1/65536 d. 1/131072 lb. 1/131072 d. 1/262144 lb. 1/262144 d. 1/524288 lb. 1/524288 d. 1/1048576 lb. 1/1048576 d. 1/2097152 lb. 1/2097152 d. 1/4194304 lb. 1/4194304 d. 1/8388608 lb. 1/8388608 d. 1/16777216 lb. 1/16777216 d. 1/33554432 lb. 1/33554432 d. 1/67108864 lb. 1/67108864 d. 1/134217728 lb. 1/134217728 d. 1/268435456 lb. 1/268435456 d. 1/536870912 lb. 1/536870912 d. 1/1073741824 lb. 1/1073741824 d. 1/2147483648 lb. 1/2147483648 d. 1/4294967296 lb. 1/4294967296 d. 1/8589934592 lb. 1/8589934592 d. 1/17179869184 lb. 1/17179869184 d. 1/34359738368 lb. 1/34359738368 d. 1/68719476736 lb. 1/68719476736 d. 1/137438953472 lb. 1/1374389538953472 d. 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