By the Honourable the Council of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation. : Whereas the inveterate enemies of the United States ... have made a lodgement on Majorbagaduce-Point .. this board hereby invite the virtuous freemen of the counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, upon the call of Brigadier-General Lovel [i.e., Solomon Lovell], to exhibit the proofs of their zeal and attachment to their injured and insulted country, by voluntarily repairing to his standard, armed and accoutred ... Given at the council-chamber in Boston, the nineteenth day of August... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. Council.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43650.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massachusetts. Militia.

Massachusetts.

Penobscot Expedition, 1779.

Recruiting and enlistment.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

United States.

History.

Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Maine.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons], [1779]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Signed: J. Powell, president. By order of the major part of the Council, Samuel Adams, sec'y.

Evans ascribes other proclamations given by the Council in 1779 to the press of Benjamin Edes and Sons.

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Bristol B4903

Shipton and Mooney 43650

Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 1080

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