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By His Excellency Collonel Benjamin Fletcher captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation : Whereas sundry of the inhabitants of the tonws of Rye and Bedford, in the county of Westchester, in the province of New-York, have made defection from their allegiance to ... the government of this province .. and have applyed themselves to the government of Connecticut collony for protection ... I do hereby require the inhabitants ... of Rye and Bedford ... to return unto the allegiance which they owe ... as subjects of this province ... Given at Fort William Henry the 15th day of April ... 1697 / Ben. Fletcher.
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- Author/Creator:
- New York (Colony). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher)
- Series:
- LLMC-digital (Series)
- Standardized Title:
- Proclamation (1697 April 15)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tax evasion--New York (State)--Sources.
- Tax evasion.
- New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
- New York (State).
- History.
- Rye (N.Y.)--History--Sources.
- Rye (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--Rye.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet)
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Printed by William Bradford, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1697.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed June 13, 2017).
- Royal arms precede title.
- Cited in:
- Evans 805
- Other Format:
- Print version: New York (State). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher). Proclamation, March 25, 1697. By His Excellancy Coll. Benjamin Fletcher captain general and governour in chief ... of New-York, &c. a proclamation whereas sundry of the inhabitants of the tonws [sic] of Rye and Bedford, in the county of Westchester, in the province of New-York, have made defection from their allegiance to ... the government of this province ... and have applyed themselves to the government of Connecticut collony for protection ... I do hereby require the inhabitants ... of Rye and Bedford ... to return unto the allegiance which they owe ... as subjects of this province ... Given at Fort William Henry the 15th day of April ... 1697.
- OCLC:
- 990016267
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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