By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq; ... A proclamation : Forasmuch as the Island of Sables is not inhabited, and so scituated as it often happens, that ships and other vessels are unfortunately cast on said island ... And whereas Mr. Andrew Le Mercier, by his petition has represented to me the great advantage it would be to his majesty's subjects to make a settlement on said island ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fourth day of September 1738.
| Author/creator | Massachusetts |
| Other author | Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by J. Draper, printer to his excellency the governour & Council, [1738] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40146. ^A478749 |
| General note | Forbidding the killing or carrying away of livestock brought to Sable Island for the purpose of establishing a settlement there. |
| General note | Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, J. Belcher. Simon Frost, dep. secr. |
| References | Bristol B1029 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40146 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 697 |
| 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. 40146). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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