By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant governor and commander in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation. : Whereas several desertions have lately happened from the regiment under the command of Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet, quartered in this city, which at this time may be attended with particular prejudice to His Majesty's service, and the interest in the colonies in general. .. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort George in the city of New-York ... the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty five ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

New York (State). Lieutenant Governor (1753-1760 : De Lancey)

Contributor:

De Lancey, James, 1703-1760.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40787.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--Colonial forces--New York (State).

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army.

Desertion, Military--New York (State).

Desertion, Military.

New York (State).

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Printed by James Parker], [1755]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Establishing strict rules for dealing with deserters from the Royal Army.

Signed: James De Lancey. By His Honour's command, Gw. Banyar, d. secry. God save the King.

Ascribed to the press of James Parker by Bristol.

Royal arms at head of title.

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 40787).

Cited in:

Bristol B1756

Shipton and Mooney 40787

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