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By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation. : Whereas a number of persons, chiefly belonging to the colony of Connecticut, have .. made attempts to possess themselves of, and settle upon a large tract of land within the limits of this province ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the sixteenth day of May ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 11402.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Squatters--Pennsylvania--Wyoming County.
- Squatters.
- Squatter settlements--Pennsylvania--Wyoming County.
- Squatter settlements.
- Wyoming County (Pa.)--History.
- Wyoming County (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Pennsylvania.
- History.
- Public lands--Connecticut.
- Public lands.
- Connecticut.
- Pennsylvania--Wyoming County.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers., 1769.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Requiring Connecticut settlers to leave Pennsylvania, and forbidding occupation of Pennsylvania lands without express permission.
- Signed: John Penn.
- 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 11402).
- Cited in:
- Evans 11402
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2479
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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