Extract from the Gazette, 1739

This Gazette Numb. 564 begins the 11th Year since its first Publication; And whereas some Persons have taken it from the Beginning, and others for 7 or 8 Years, without paying me one Farthing, I do hereby give Notice to all who are upwards of one Year in Arrear, that if they do not make speedy Payment, I shall discontinue the Papers to them, and take some proper Method of Recovering my Money.

B. Franklin

n.b. No new Subscriber will be taken in for the future without Payment for the first half Year advanc’d.
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