<I>Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser No. 2822</I>
date: label: Date
content: February 20, 1788
name: label: Published by
content: Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, American, 1784 - 1791
notes: label: Description
content: A newspaper with yellowed and brittle pages. The paper consists of a single sheet, folded to make four pages. The text is arranged in four vertical columns under a header that reads [The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. / Price Four-Pence WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1788 No. 2822]. On page 3 is an ad titled [Five Pounds Reward] for [ran away...a Negro Slave, called Nathan] and a similar ad on page 4 for [a Negro Man Harry], a [blacksmith by trade]. There are also ads for runaway white apprentices and an ad reading [TO BE SOLD / For want of employ, the time of a / SERVANT GIRL]. There are many items on the sale of goods and land in the area, ship arrivals, and general news items.
place: label: Place printed
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.26.12
objectType: label: Type
content: newspapers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: laid rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 10 1/16 × 12 1/8 in. (25.5 × 30.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unfolded): 20 1/16 × 12 1/8 in. (51 × 30.8 cm)