The Pennsylvania Gazette Collection (All Titles)

The Pennsylvania Gazette was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1728 to 1800 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. Started in 1728 by Samuel Keimer, the fledging paper was sold the next year to Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith, who turned the newspaper into a successful publication. The famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon was first published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in the May 9, 1754 issue. The newspaper was later under custody of David Hall and William Sellers, who published the newspaper during the Revolution and Early Republic eras. A full text of the Declaration of Independence was printed on the front page of the Gazette in the July 10, 1776 issue. During British General Howe's Philadelphia Campaign, the Gazette was  disrupted in September 1777. The printers moved with the Continental Congress to York, where publication recommenced in January 1778, and remained in York until June 1778, then resuming publication in Philadelphia in January 1779. The text of the "Plan for the New Federal Government", later the Constitution, was published in the September 19, 1787 issue. Operations ceased in 1815.

The holdings of the Pennsylvania Gazette 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.