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By the president of the Delaware state, a proclamation. : Whereas it is discovered, that the British prisoners lately captured in the state of Virginia, find means to escape from the places of their confinement ... I .. issue this proclamation hereby strictly forbidding ... all persons to harbour or employ any prisoners of war ... Given under my hand and the great-seal of the state, at New-Castle, this twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 17135 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delaware. President (1781-1783 : Dickinson)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17135.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Delaware--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Delaware.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))
- Place of Publication:
- [Wilmington, Del.] : [Printed by James Adams], [1781]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Signed: John Dickinson, president. By His Excellency's command, James Booth, secretary.
- Imprint supplied by Rink.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 17135).
- Cited in:
- Evans 17135
- Rink, E. Delaware, 136
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