By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces, within the colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida, inclusive, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation : Whereas there are several deserters from His Majesty's troops, as well as from the foreign troops under my command, who are known to be serving with the enemy ... I do hereby proclaim a free pardon to any deserter ... who shall voluntarily surrender himself.
| Author/creator | Great Britain |
| Other author | Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New York] : Printed by Macdonald & Cameron, in Cooper-Street, near the Fly-Market, [1779] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 32 x 19 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43633. ^A478749 |
| General note | Offering amnesty to deserters from the British army who surrender themselves. |
| General note | Signed: Given under my hand at head-quarters, in New-York, the 23d day of February, 1779. H. Clinton. By His Excellency's command, John Smith, sec'ry. |
| General note | At head of title: royal arms. |
| References | Bristol B4882 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 43633 |
| 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. 43633). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Other title | By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton ... |
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