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By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation. : Whereas it appears by a deposition ... that, on Sunday, the tenth day of this month, a certain Frederick Stump, a German, of Penn's township, in the county of Cumberland, did, in violation of the public faith, and in defiance of all law, inhumanly and wickedly kill, without any provocation, four Indian men, and two Indian women, in his own house ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the nineteenth day of January ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn)
- Standardized Title:
- Proclamations. 1768-01-19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stump, Frederick, approximately 1723-approximately 1820.
- Stump, Frederick.
- Murder--Pennsylvania.
- Murder.
- Criminals--Pennsylvania.
- Criminals.
- Indians of North America--Pennsylvania.
- Indians of North America.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 43 x 36 cm
- Other Title:
- Whereas it appears by a deposition ... that, on Sunday, the tenth day of this month, a certain Frederick Stump, a German, of Penn's township, in the county of Cumberland, did, in violation of the public faith, and in defiance of all law, inhumanly and wickedly kill, without any provocation, four Indian men, and two Indian women, in his own house ...
- Fingerprint:
- 8.G. y.d, N.t. enof (S) 1768 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1768.
- Notes:
- Offering a reward for the apprehension of Frederick Stump.
- Signed: John Penn.
- Royal arms at head of title.
- Broadside.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription on verso which reads "Proclamation offering a Rewd. of 200 for apprehending Fred Stump. January 19, 1768."
- Culture Class Collection copy acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.
- Cited in:
- Bristol, B2927
- Shipton & Mooney, 41864
- ESTC, W23556
- Wolf, E. Library of Benjamin Franklin, 2590
- OCLC:
- 63196062
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