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Letter to Editor
February 10, 1800
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A locator responds to an advertisement claiming superior expertise in locating U.S. military land warrants, advising the advertiser to revise claims of advantage over all others, as some competitors have equal knowledge of the Military District. Signed 'A LOCATER,' February 5.
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I have seen your advertisement "To the Public" whereby you offer your services to locate United States Military Land Warrants, and in which you assert that you "possess superior information to any others" and that you can locate warrants "the most advantageously."
As I believe you have not explored more of the Military District than some other persons who also offer their services to locate warrants—permit me to suggest the propriety of altering your advertisement, so as to do justice to those whose knowledge of the Military Land, is, at least equal to that which you possess. I do not aver that all who advertise as locaters are superior, or even equal to you, in the knowledge of it—I see advertisements by persons who have never explored a single range, and by others who have been over but a small part of the Military Land—to these your advertisement would apply; but as you class all other locaters as inferior to yourselves. I have taken the liberty of giving you the above advice, which if attended to with candour will, for the present satisfy.
A LOCATER.
February 5
As I believe you have not explored more of the Military District than some other persons who also offer their services to locate warrants—permit me to suggest the propriety of altering your advertisement, so as to do justice to those whose knowledge of the Military Land, is, at least equal to that which you possess. I do not aver that all who advertise as locaters are superior, or even equal to you, in the knowledge of it—I see advertisements by persons who have never explored a single range, and by others who have been over but a small part of the Military Land—to these your advertisement would apply; but as you class all other locaters as inferior to yourselves. I have taken the liberty of giving you the above advice, which if attended to with candour will, for the present satisfy.
A LOCATER.
February 5
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Military Land Warrants
Locators
Advertisement
Superior Information
Military District
What entities or persons were involved?
A Locater.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Locater.
Main Argument
the writer suggests altering the advertisement claiming superior information for locating united states military land warrants, as some other locators possess equal knowledge of the military district.
Notable Details
References Advertisement 'To The Public' Offering Services To Locate Warrants
Mentions Exploration Of The Military District
Criticizes Claims Of Superiority Over All Other Locators