By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas discovery has been lately made in the colony of Connecticut, of a combination of divers wicked and dissolute people for counterfeiting the bills of credit, of this and the neighbouring governments ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fifteenth day of March 1748 [new style, 1749].
| 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, [1749] |
| 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. 40500. ^A478749 |
| General note | Warning against the acceptance of the counterfeit bills of credit, and offering a reward of fifty pounds for the capture of Joseph Bill or Isaac Jones, and a reward of twenty-five pounds for the capture and conviction of any accomplices. |
| General note | Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard, secr. |
| References | Bristol B1438 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40500 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 896 |
| 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. 40500). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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