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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC08748.05
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1780
Title	Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser
Date	21 March 1780
Author	Dunlap, John (1747-1812)
Document Type	Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description	Contains dispatches of General George Washington and Congress. Includes reports on various ships, and war news from Georgia. Contains a report from the House of Commons pertaining to a bill for the encouragement of Irish trade. Includes a report on Continental troops taking a British officer (Captain Ogden) hostage near Tarrytown, New York. Refers to an investigation conducted by General Philip Schuyler related to events in Canada. Contains an extract of minutes of the General Assembly, authorized by Assembly Clerk Thomas Paine, related to "An Act for striking the sum of One hundred thousand pounds in Bills of Credit, for the present relief of the Army ... " Contains notices of sale, one of which depicts the printed image of a black horse.
Subjects	Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General President Continental Congress Congress Commerce Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Merchants and Trade Prisoner of War Continental Army Canada Soldier's Pay Economics Finance
People	Dunlap, John (1747-1812) Washington, George (1732-1799) Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804) Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Besides printing the Packet, Dunlap also served as a printer for Congress.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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