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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC08715.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1779 |
Title | Pennsylvania Packet |
Date | 10 April 1779 |
Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
Content Description | Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 May 1779, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 10 March 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Act made law by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise $1, 900,000 from taxes in the state. Reaction in the House of Commons dated 5 December 1778 to a proclamation issued by commissioners in New York. Tolls for bridge over Schuylkill River. Advertisements for sales, statements regarding lost horses, and other advertisements. |
Subjects | President Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Desertion Continental Army Law Government and Civics Taxes or Taxation Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Travel Finance |
People | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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