By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas upon Tuesday the twenty-fifth of September last, an heinous riot was committed in the town of Bristol ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighteenth day of October, 1744

By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas upon Tuesday the twenty-fifth of September last, an heinous riot was committed in the town of Bristol ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighteenth day of October, 1744.

Author/creator	Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)
Other author/creator	Shirley, William, 1694-1771.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, [1744]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Round, John. Bordon, Samuel. Crime--Massachusetts. Bounties--Massachusetts. Riots--Rhode Island --Bristol (Town)

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40338. ^A478749
General note	Calling for the arrest of the leaders of the riot, who freed John Round and Samuel Borden from the county jail in Bristol (now part of Rhode Island), and offering rewards for their capture.
General note	Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard secr.
References	Bristol B1248
References	Shipton & Mooney 40338
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 794
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. 40338).
Genre/form	Broadsides.

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