By the president of the Delaware state, a proclamation : Whereas it is discovered, that the British prisoners lately captured in the state of Virginia, find means to escape from the places of their confinement ... I ... issue this proclamation hereby strictly forbidding ... all persons to harbour or employ any prisoners of war ... Given under my hand and the great-seal of the state, at New-Castle, this twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.
| Author/creator | Delaware |
| Other author | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Wilmington, Del.] : [Printed by James Adams], [1781] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 33 x 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17135. ^A478749 |
| General note | Signed: John Dickinson, president. By His Excellency's command, James Booth, secretary. |
| General note | Imprint supplied by Rink. |
| References | Evans 17135 |
| References | Rink, E. Delaware, 136 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17135). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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