Subject: Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century

Issue of the *Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser* newspaper from January 8, 1798, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The issue contains advertisements, including notifications to shareholders of the Pennsylvania Population Company, an advertisement to sell or lease the ship "Good Hope," and an advertisement by booksellers H & P Rice.

Issue of the Independent Gazetteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1783. This issue contains advertisements from Barnett & Moses.

This is a rare unbound copy of the Laws of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in 1790. Printed by Thomas Bradford in Philadelphia, this folio-sized book contains 234-317 pages, plus a blank page. The laws include Pennsylvania's ratification of the Bill of Rights and an act establishing a lottery to redeem the mortgage on the Hebrew Congregation's House of Public Worship in Philadelphia. Additional statutes cover the Connecticut Claimants, retirement of colonial debt, and the incorporation of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia. The book shows signs of wear and has some minor damage. It is not listed in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, the Rosenbach Museum & Library, or the Singerman Library.

Ticket #5403 from the Conestoga Bridge Lottery, held in 1761 in Pennsylvania. The ticket bears the signature of Joseph Simon. The verso is blank.

Issue of the *Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser* newspaper, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 17, 1789. This issue includes an advertisement by S. Isaac Franks.

Issue of the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 21, 1784. The newspaper includes advertisements from various individuals and businesses, including Nones, Moses, Franks, Pragers, and Salomon.

Page 4 of the *Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser*, a newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 21, 1789. The page features advertisements from Hart & Co.

Power of attorney document authorizing William Lewis to act on behalf of Michael Gratz regarding a debt. A partially printed court document from the Gratz Collection in Canada, dated March 2, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.