By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas the Honourable Peter Warren, Esq; commander in chief of his majesty's ships of war in the expedition against Cape-Breton, hath informed me that he has taken a French man of war called the Vigilant ... which he intends to put into commission and fit and man for his majesty's service ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the fourth day of June, 1745.
| Author/creator | Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley) |
| Other author/creator | Shirley, William, 1694-1771. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by J. Draper, printer to his excellency the governour and Council, [1745] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40367. ^A478749 |
| General note | Signed: By his excellency's command, W. Shirley. J. Willard, secr. |
| General note | Stating also that the General Court "have in their present session voted, that the sum of three pounds, in bills of the new emission, be paid to every able-bodied man that shall voluntarily enlist in his majesty's service for manning the said ship." This statement was not included in the similar proclamation dated May 31, 1745; cf. Bristol B1289. |
| References | Bristol B1290 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40367 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 821 |
| 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. 40367). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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