A proclamation. By His Excellency, the Honorable William Howe, major-general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida inclusive, &c. &c. &c. : Whereas several of the inhabitants of this town have lately absconded to join, it is apprehended, His Majesty's enemies assembled in open rebellion: I do ... forbid any person or persons whatsoever, not belonging to the Navy, to pass from hence by water or otherwise, from the date hereof, without my order or permission given in writing...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Great Britain. Army.

Contributor:

Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14085.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776.

Boston (Mass.).

Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Massachusetts.

History.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Other Title:

Proclamation. By His Excellency, the Honorable William Howe ...

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed by John Howe], [1775]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Forbidding anyone to leave Boston without General Howe's permission, under penalty.

Signed: Given at head-quarters in Boston, this twenty eighth day of October, 1775.

At head of title: royal arms, preceded by the number 1.

Ascribed to the press of John Howe by Evans.

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 14085).

Cited in:

Evans 14085

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1821

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