24 pieces. (Philadelphia
24 pieces. (Philadelphia 18th-Century Newspaper.) The Pennsylvania Packet. (Philadelphia), August 3, 1772, October 26, 1772, October 30, 1775, August 11, 1778, November 19, 1778, November 24, 1778, December 12, 1778, February 23, 1779, April 3, 1779, April 6, 1779, October 12, 1782, July 12, 1783, November 1, 1783, February 27, 1787, May 31, 1787, September 21, 1787, October 13, 1787, June 23, 1788, January 4, 1790, January 14, 1790, January 18, 1790, June 28, 1790, Supplement No. 53, October (?), 1772, Supplement No. 1068, July 17, 1783. All folio, minor scattered wear, except for the following: Oct. 30, 1775, chipping to edges - no loss of text; August 11, 1778, some dampstaining & chipping to edges - no loss of text; Nov. 24, 1778, some chipping - occasional minor loss of text; Feb. 23, 1779, some mold staining; April 3, 1779, light to moderate staining; April 6, 1779, minor chipping to edges; Oct. 12, 1782, occasional dampstaining; Nov. 1, 1783, some foxing, a few small ink stains - minor loss of text; May 31, 1787, chipping & darkening to lower edge - no loss of text; Jan. 4, 1790, upper fore-edge quadrant of front page discolored; Jan. 14, 1790, scattered moderate foxing; June 28, 1790, scattered foxing. Founded on October 28, 1771 by John Dunlap, the printer of The Declaration of Independence, this strongly pro-Revolutionary paper, published by Dunlap & David C. Claypoole - during some periods together & during others by one or the other. During the British occupation of Philadelphia, the paper was published in lancaster. The Sept. 19th, 1787 issue [not included above] was devoted to the publication in full of the United States Constitution. ,500-