THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Phila., Sept. 10, 1767  A pg. 2 report under "Charlestown" talks about a "gang of villains" from Virginia and North Carolina involved in horse rustling, mentioning that the gang has increased to about 200 and that they are "..more formidable...and more audacious, and cruel in their thefts and outrages." Says they have a strong operation and an effective chain of communication and that their recent activity was located "...in the Forks between Broad, Saluda, and Savannah-rivers." Another report begins: "...a number of the people called Crackers, who live above Augusta, in the province of Georgia, had gone, in a hostile manner, to the Indian town and settlement at Okonee, where...they plundered the village of everything...and they burnt every house in it."
More about this activity with word that these people "...would be the first to run away..." if the Indians retaliated. In the next column are several acts passed that directly affected the British colonies and plantations in America, reading: "An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies & plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom of coffee & cocoa nuts, of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china & earthern ware exported to America; & for more effectually preventing the clandestine running of goods in the said colonies & plantations.".
Part of a pg. 3 ad: "Likewise to be sold, a Negroe Woman, an excellent cook...and a Healthy Negroe boy." And another: "To Be Sold, A Healthy likely Negroe lad...".
Has a majestic looking engraving in the masthead. In excellent condition & complete in 4 pgs. with a nice coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead..