The Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia, PA: Hall and Sellers, January 17, 1781. Numb. 2640, 4pp. 9.75 x 16.25 in. Featuring a front page advertisement for Benjamin Franklin's famous Poor Richard Almanac for the year 1781, as well as an inside page report of Benjamin Franklin being elected President of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and David Rittenhouse being elected Vice President of that same organization. In the report Benjamin Franklin is described as such: "His Excellency Benjamin Franklin esquire, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the court of Versailles."
The Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia, PA: Hall and Sellers, January 17, 1781. Numb. 2640, 4pp. 9.75 x 16.25 in. Featuring a front page advertisement for Benjamin Franklin's famous Poor Richard Almanac for the year 1781, as well as an inside page report of Benjamin Franklin being elected President of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and David Rittenhouse being elected Vice President of that same organization. In the report Benjamin Franklin is described as such: "His Excellency Benjamin Franklin esquire, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the court of Versailles."
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