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By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation. : Whereas it has been represented to me, that great numbers of private soldiers under the command of His Excellency Major-General Abercrombie .. have deserted the service ... Given at Boston, the twenty-fifth day of July 1758 ...
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 40971
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Massachusetts. Governor (1757-1760 : Pownall)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40971.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Desertion, Military--Great Britain.
- Desertion, Military.
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
- United States.
- History.
- Massachusetts--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
- Massachusetts.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms
- 4x6 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- negative
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: : Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governor, and the honorable his majesty's Council., 1758.
- Notes:
- Signed: By his excellency's command, T. Pownall. A Oliver, secr.
- Followed by "Extracts from an act of Parliament entitled, An act for the better recruiting his majesty's forces on the continent of America; and for the better regulating of the army, and preventing of desertion therein," and by the texts of two acts of the Massachusetts General Court for preventing the desertion of soldiers during the war with France.
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40971).
- Cited in:
- Bristol B1968
- Shipton & Mooney 40971
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1125
- Contains:
- Great Britain. Act for the better recruiting his majesty's forces ...
- Massachusetts. Act to prevent the desertion of soldiers ...
- Massachusetts. Act in addition to an act, intituled, An act to prevent the desertion of soldiers ...
- OCLC:
- 62800492
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