The Pennsylvania gazette, 1728-1800
Contributors: Accessible Archives.
Publisher: Accessible Archives
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Malvern, PA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Newspapers -- Databases.
Genres: Newspapers; Databases.
Other titles: Universal instructor in all arts and sciences, and Pennsylvania gazette.; Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1729); Pennsylvania gazette and weekly advertiser.; Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1782); Pennsylvania packet, and the general advertiser.
Description: Website provides keyword access to a database containing the full text of articles from the Pennsylvania gazette and its variants one of which is entitled Universal instructor in all arts and sciences and Pennsylvania gazette. Offers social, political, and cultural perspectives of the period. Covers the Western Hemisphere, from the Canadian Maritime Provinces through the West Indies and North and South America. Also includes the full text of documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Letters from a Farmer, Thomas Payne's Common Sense, the Federalist Papers, etc.
Notes: Also available on a CD-ROM.
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Contains material from the following publications: Pennsylvania packet; Universal instructor in all arts and sciences, and Pennsylvania gazette; Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1729); Pennsylvania gazette and weekly advertiser; and Pennsylvania gazette (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1782).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Folio I. 1728-1750, Benjamin Franklin's newspaper; title: Folio II. 1751-1765, the French & Indian War; title: Folio III. 1766-1783, the American Revolution; title: Folio IV. 1784-1800, the New Republic.