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By His Excellency the Hon. William Howe, major general and commander in chief ... A proclamation : Whereas several of the inhabitants of this town have assembled to join ... his majesty's enemies, assembled in open rebellion ... Given at head-quarters in Boston, Oct. 28, 1775.

Author/creator Great Britain. Army
Other author/creatorHowe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Included WorkGreat Britain. Army. By His Excellency William Howe, &c. &c. Whereas there is reason to believe.
Included WorkGreat Britain. Army. By His Excellency William Howe, &c. &c. Whereas it is become the indispensible [sic] duty of every loyal and faithful citizen.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Hartford?] : [Printed by Ebenezer Watson?], [1775]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14087. ^A478749
General noteFollowed by two additional proclamations given by William Howe at Boston on October 28, and an Association proposed by the loyal citizens.
General note"It may have been issued in New York."--Ford. However, relief cut of royal arms (Reilly 920) is identified as being used only by Ebenezer Watson of Hartford at this time.
General noteCf. Evans 14085, 14086, and 14087, which record separate printings of the proclamations, and Evans 14088, which records a separate printing of the proposal.
General noteRoyal arms at head of title.
General noteNot in Evans or Bristol.
References Shipton & Mooney 14087
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1824
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 14087).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Contains title Association proposed by the loyal citizens.

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