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An 18th-Century American Newspaper, The Middlesex Gazette, December 7, 1798 - A group of multiple sheets from an 18th-century American newspaper, identified as the ”Middlesex Gazette,” published by T. Dunning in Middletown, Connecticut. The prominently visible issue is dated ”FRIDAY, December 7, 1798,” and marked ”VOL. XIV., NUMB. 681.” The pages display characteristic period typography, laid out in multiple columns, featuring a variety of content including foreign intelligence, reports such as a ”Remonstrance” from Switzerland by John Caspar Lavater, shipping news, government notices, and numerous local advertisements for goods like ”Blankets, Banzes,” ”Candles,” and ”Flax Seed.” The paper is printed with black ink.