INFORMATION CIRCULAR 14 
                                            (Revised 1955)        
              

                       THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         CONSTITUENT SERVICES
               SERIAL & GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS DIVISION 




                 Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia

                         December 24, 1728
           
This issue of this newspaper is "Numb.  I." of the second
newspaper to be published in Philadelphia.  Published by Samuel
Keimer, the full title was The Universal Instructor in all Arts
and Sciences: and Pennsylvania Gazette.  On October 2, 1729, when
Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith became the publishers, the
title was shortened to The Pennsylvania Gazette. 
     Only three copies of the original issue are known to exist. 
They are in the following: the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia), the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the
Wisconsin State Historical Society (Madison).  The Library of
Congress has a facsimile reprint but no original of this issue. 
Reprints are on heavy modern rag paper showing a ribbed effect
against the light.  Such reprints have little monetary value. 







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