The Pennsylvania Evening Post

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1775 to 1783 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. This newspaper was one of the first sub-weekly newspapers in the United States, being published tri-weekly to start (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), and later daily in 1783. The printer and publisher, Benjamin Towne of Philadelphia, initially had a special relationship with the Continental Congress that allowed him to print numerous pieces for the Congress, often appearing in the Evening Post. The July 6, 1776 issue contained the first newspaper publication of the Declaration of Independence, though this issue is not represented in the collection at the State Library. However, the paper later turned towards loyalist sympathies, and after controversy, diminished the paper to irrelevance by the 1780s until closure in 1783 or possibly 1784.

The holdings of the Pennsylvania Evening Post at the State Library of Pennsylvania are not complete. The issues presented for the years digitized reflect the holdings of the library, and other issues may exist beyond these holdings.