By His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq; ... A proclamation. : Whereas the General Assembly of this province, upon due consideration of the present state and circumstances of the French settlements upon the island of Cape-Breton, have judged it expedient to attempt the reduction of that place to the obedience of the crown of Great Britain, and have voted a suitable encouragement for the enlistment of a number of voluntiers for that service .. Given at the Council-chamber in Portsmouth, the second day of February 1744 [new style, 1745]. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

New Hampshire. Governor (1741-1767 : Wentworth)

Contributor:

Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770.

New Hampshire. General Assembly.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40385.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recruiting and enlistment.

History, Military.

United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748.

United States.

History.

New Hampshire--History--King George's War, 1744-1748.

New Hampshire.

New Hampshire--History, Military.

Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745.

Louisbourg (N.S.).

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : coat of arms

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed by John Draper], [1745]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Signed: By order of his excellency the governour with the advice of the Council, B. Wentworth. Theodore Atkinson, secr.

Printed by John Draper, of Boston, based on woodcut of royal arms (Reilly 876).

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 40385).

Cited in:

Bristol B1301

Shipton and Mooney 40385

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 817

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