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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 also offers 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 22 curated issues span from Pontiac’s Rebellion (June 9, 1763) through the 1764 election results (December 27, 1764).
| We have currently digitized 22 issues of the Gazette, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents." |
Contents of this path:
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - June 16, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - June 9, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - June 30, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - July 7, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - July 21, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - July 28, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - August 4, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - August 11, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - August 18, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - August 25, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - October 13, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - October 27, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - November 24, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - December 8, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - December 12, 1763
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - February 9, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - March 1, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - March 15, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - April 12, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - May 24, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - July 12, 1764
- The Pennsylvania Gazette - December 27, 1764