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12 issues. Weekly. Broken run, Numb. 2050 (April 7, 1768) to Numb. 2075 (September 29, 1768). Each 4 pp. or more. (folio) 41.5x25.5 cm (16¼x10"), removed from volume. Run of the iconic colonial newspaper first published in 1728, and bought a year later by Benjamin Franklin in partnership with Hugh Meredith. Franklin retired from the business in 1748, leaving management of the Gazette to his then-partner David Hall Besides the informative news of the day, the newspapers are replete with fascinating advertisements that give astonishing insights into life in the colonies the decade before the Revolution, such as the sale of a Dutch girl's remaining time as an indentured servant, she was "well-recommended for her honesty"; forty shillings reward for a servant lad who had run away, and is described in great detail, including his clothing; a notice by the bookseller and auctioneer Robert Bell, that he will purchase books, or, "if the Possessors choosing to take the Chance of a public Sale, they may have them exhibited with a regular Catalogue, by Auction... where the intrinsic merit and excellence of each Book shall be rationally expatiated upon, with Truth and Propriety..."