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![Post-office, Philadelphia, 30th March, 1797. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 3d of April, 1797 ... [Philadelphia, 1797.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTcvMDEvMDEvcG9zdC1vZmZpY2UtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTMwdGgtbWFyY2gtMTc5Ny1lc3RhYmxpc2htZW50LW9mLXRoZS1tYWlscy1jb21tZW5jaW5nLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/538/jpg "Post-office, Philadelphia, 30th March, 1797. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 3d of April, 1797 ... [Philadelphia, 1797.].")
![Novvm et insigne opvs mvsicvm sex, qvinqve et qvatvor vocum, cvivs in Germania hactenus nihil simile usquam est editum : nunc quidem locupletatum plus centum non minus elegantibus carminibus, tum Iosquini, tum aliorum clarissimorum symphonistarum tám ueterum quám recentiorum, quorum quada[m] antehac sunt edita, multa nunc primum in lucem exeunt](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvbm92dm0tZXQtaW5zaWduZS1vcHZzLW12c2ljdm0tc2V4LXF2aW5xdmUtZXQtcXZhdHZvci12b2N1bS1jdml2cy1pbi1nZXJtYW5pYS0zYmRmYTktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "Novvm et insigne opvs mvsicvm sex, qvinqve et qvatvor vocum, cvivs in Germania hactenus nihil simile usquam est editum : nunc quidem locupletatum plus centum non minus elegantibus carminibus, tum Iosquini, tum aliorum clarissimorum symphonistarum tám ueterum quám recentiorum, quorum quada[m] antehac sunt edita, multa nunc primum in lucem exeunt")
![Post-office, Philadelphia, 30th March, 1797. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 3d of April, 1797 ... [Philadelphia, 1797.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTcvMDEvMDEvcG9zdC1vZmZpY2UtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTMwdGgtbWFyY2gtMTc5Ny1lc3RhYmxpc2htZW50LW9mLXRoZS1tYWlscy1jb21tZW5jaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/66/webp "Post-office, Philadelphia, 30th March, 1797. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 3d of April, 1797 ... [Philadelphia, 1797.].")
![Post-Office, Philadelphia, 19th September, 1796. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 19th of September, 1796 ... [Philadelphia, 1796].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTYvMDEvMDEvcG9zdC1vZmZpY2UtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTE5dGgtc2VwdGVtYmVyLTE3OTYtZXN0YWJsaXNobWVudC1vZi10aGUtbWFpbHMtY29tbWVuY2luZy02NDAuanBn/40/66/webp "Post-Office, Philadelphia, 19th September, 1796. Establishment of the mails, commencing the 19th of September, 1796 ... [Philadelphia, 1796].")
![Philadelphia, May 7, 1741. Extract of a letter from one of the officers, who went from this place, dated before Carthagena, April 3, 1741. [Philadelphia B. Franklin? 1741].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NDEvMDEvMDEvcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLW1heS03LTE3NDEtZXh0cmFjdC1vZi1hLWxldHRlci1mcm9tLW9uZS1vZi10aGUtb2ZmaWNlcnMtd2hvLXdlbnQtMi02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "Philadelphia, May 7, 1741. Extract of a letter from one of the officers, who went from this place, dated before Carthagena, April 3, 1741. [Philadelphia B. Franklin? 1741].")
![The Philadelphia Inquirer, [newspaper]. April 18, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS1pbnF1aXJlci1uZXdzcGFwZXItYXByaWwtMTgtMTg2NS00LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "The Philadelphia Inquirer, [newspaper]. April 18, 1865.")
