Pennsylvania Packet

Pennsylvania Packet and the General Advertiser
October 28, 1771 edition
Owner(s)John Dunlap (founded 1771), David C. Claypoole (until 1800)
Zachariah Poulson (1800–1839)
Founded1771
Ceased publicationmerged into The North American (1840)
HeadquartersPhiladelphia
Lancaster (1777–1778)

The Pennsylvania Packet and the General Advertiser was an American newspaper that was founded in 1771. In 1784, it became the first successful daily newspaper published in the United States.

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