The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]
The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]
The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]
The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]
The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]

The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 16, 1752 [Charles/Mary Hamilton arrest notice]


Permanent ID:
14095
Date:
July 16 1752
Image Description:
This digital record contains digital images that depict one issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette printed by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall. This particular issue contains an arrest notice for Charles Hamilton who was discovered to be a woman. The article states that, "she says Now her name is Charlotte Hamilton." However, her birth name was Mary Hamilton.
Address:
Philadelphia
, Chester County
Format:
Printed Matter
Related Person or Organization:
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 (publisher)
Library of Congress Subjects:
cross-dressing [info:lc/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset004520]