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By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief &c. &c. &c. Proclamation. : Whereas it is expedient for the security of the inhabitants, the suppression of vice and licentiousness, the preservation of peace ... I do therefore constitute and appoint Joseph Galloway, Esq; superintendant general, assisted by three magistrates of the police, to be hereafter appointed with powers and authority to make such orders and regulations from time to time, as may most effectually promote the salutary ends above mentioned ..
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 15332
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Army.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15332.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.
- Galloway, Joseph.
- Police--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Police.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- 4x6 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- negative
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, : Printed by James Humphreys, Junr. in Market-Street, between Front and Second-Streets., [1777]
- Notes:
- Establishing a police force for Philadelphia and its environs, and appointing Joseph Galloway superintendant general of the city.
- Signed: Given under my hand at head-quarters in Philadelphia, this 4th day of December, 1777. W. Howe. By His Excellency's command, Robert Mackenzie, secretary.
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15332).
- Cited in:
- Evans 15332
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3618
- OCLC:
- 55811561
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