By His Honour Spencer Phips, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas the tribe of Penobscot Indians have repeatedly in a perfidious manner acted contrary to their solemn submission unto his majesty long since made and frequently renewed ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, this third day of November 1755.
| Author/creator | Massachusetts |
| Other author | Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to his honour the lieutenant-governour and Council, 1755. |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms ; 39 x 32 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40783. ^A478749 |
| General note | Declaring the Penobscot Indians to be enemies, rebels and traitors, and offering bounties for scalps and prisoners. Another proclamation (Bristol B1743) was issued on November 13th, establishing bounties to be paid to companies of volunteers. |
| General note | Signed: By his honour's command, S. Phips. J. Willard, secr. |
| General note | Printed area measures 35.0 x 23.1 cm. |
| References | Bristol B1736 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40783 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1027 |
| 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. 40783). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |