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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08691 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1782 |
| Title | Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser Vol. 11, no. 970 |
| Date | 30 November 1782 |
| Author | Dunlap, John (1747-1812) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including officers to be appointed, and the pay and supplies given for the different ranks. Also prints "An Act to Prevent any New Independent State within the limits Commonwealth," on p. 3, first column, which states that any attempt to form a new government within the state will be considered treason. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Government and Civics Religion Soldier's Pay Military Supplies Treason Loyalist |
| People | Dunlap, John (1747-1812) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |