By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas information has been given to this government, that Samuel Ball and Benjamin Ledyke alias Benjamin Dite, who were apprehended for the murther of an Indian at Wiscasset ... were in the town of Falmouth, in a riotous and outragious manner ... rescued out of the hands of the said officer ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the twenty-eighth day of December 1749.
| Author/creator | Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1732-1757 : Phips) |
| Other author/creator | Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to His Honour the lieut. 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. 40502. ^A478749 |
| General note | Ordering the arrest of Ball and Ledyke, and offering a reward of fifty pounds for the capture of each, and twenty-five pounds for the capture of anyone convicted of aiding them in their escape. |
| General note | Signed: By order of His Honour the lieut. governour, with the advice of the Council, S. Phips. J. Willard, secr. |
| References | Bristol B1439 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40502 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 901 |
| 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. 40502). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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