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One of the most prominent newspapers in colonial America, the Pennsylvania Gazette was printed by Benjamin Franklin himself. Given Franklin’s active participation in the Paxton debate, his paper offers a backdrop against which to read his arguments and to measure changes in colonial settlement policy.
The Gazette alsooffers a rich, weekly record of affairs within in the colony and across the Atlantic.
The publication traverses the Paxton print debate (1763-64) and situates that massacre in a wider context of indigenous warfare. The 23 curated issues span from Pontiac’s Rebellion (June 9, 1763) through the 1764 election results (December 27, 1764).
Read Will Fenton's post on Uncommon Sense for a longer a discussion of the Pennsylvania Gazette and the Paxton massacre.
Alongside the aforementioned issues of the Pennsylvania Gazette, LancasterHistory has digitized two excerpts from The Gentleman's Magazine, a periodical published in London between 1731-1922, and one issue of the London Chronicle. Notably, the April 1764 issues of both the Gentleman's Magazine and the London Chronicle include a version of Benjamin Franklin's Narrative of the Late Massacres.
We have currently digitized 27 issues of the Gazette,Gentleman's Magazine, and London Chronicle, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."
12018-06-20T17:30:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - June 9, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:30:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:32:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - June 16, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:32:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:34:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - June 30, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:34:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:36:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - July 7, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:36:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:38:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - July 21, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:38:08-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:39:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - July 28, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:39:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:41:02-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - August 4, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:41:03-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:42:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - August 11, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:42:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:44:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - August 18, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:44:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:46:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - August 25, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:46:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:47:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - October 13, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:47:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:49:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - October 27, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:49:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:50:33-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - November 24, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:50:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:52:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - December 8, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:52:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:53:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - December 12, 17631(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:53:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-07-23T00:51:12-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette, December 29, 17631(path)gallery2018-07-23T00:51:12-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:55:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - February 9, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:55:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:56:44-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - March 1, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:56:44-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:58:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - March 15, 17641(annotation)gallery2018-06-20T17:58:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T17:59:38-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - April 12, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T17:59:38-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T18:00:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - May 24, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T18:00:50-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T18:02:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - July 12, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T18:02:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-06-20T18:03:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Pennsylvania Gazette - December 27, 17641(path)gallery2018-06-20T18:03:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-05-12T20:18:45-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNarrative of the Late Massacres, London Chronicle Vol. 15, no. 140 (April 1764)2"Narrative of the Late Massacres in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends to this Province; by Persons unknown. With some Observations on the same.","April 10-12, 1764","LancasterHistory. MG-614, Folder 6.","Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.","""Narrative of the Late Massacres in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends to this Province; by Persons unknown. With some Observations on the same."gallery2019-05-12T20:22:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T12:59:55-07:00A Narrative of the Late Massacres - Title Page1A narrative of the late massacres, in Lancaster County, of a number of Indians, friends of this province, by persons unknown. With some observations on the same.2016-08-19T12:59:55-07:00