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By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; president, and the Council of the province of Pennsylvania, a proclamation : Whereas a number of persons, chiefly of the colony of Connecticut, have lately ... possessed themselves of, and settled upon a large tract of land on the River Susquehanna ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one.

Author/creator Pennsylvania. Provincial Council
Other author/creatorHamilton, James, 1710-1783.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1771.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42264. ^A478749
General noteProclaiming enforcement of a recent act against "tumults and riotous assemblies," on pain of death, in an effort to forestall armed trespass on and unauthorized settlement of land in Pennsylvania.
General noteRoyal arms at head of title.
General noteSigned: James Hamilton, president. By order of the President and Council, Joseph Shippen, Junior, secretary.
References Bristol B3375
References Shipton & Mooney 42264
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 42264).
Genre/formBroadsides.

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