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)
Founded	1771
Ceased publication	merged into The North American (1840)
Headquarters	Philadelphia; 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.^[1]

^ Library of Congress. "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress". 617. The Pennsylvania packet, or the General advertiser. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

[1] Library of Congress. "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress". 617. The Pennsylvania packet, or the General advertiser. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

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