By His Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, His Majesty's lieutenant and governour-general of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and vice admiral of the same : a proclamation : As I have ever entertained hopes that an accommodation might have taken place between Great Britain and this colony ... I do, in virtue of the power and authority to me given, by His Majesty, determine to execute martial law .. Given under my hand, on board the ship William, off Norfolk, the 7th day of November, in the 16th year of His Majesty's reign.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virginia. Governor (1771-1775 : Dunmore)

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Standardized Title:

Proclamation (1775 November 7) (Martial law)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martial law--Virginia--Early works to 1800.

Martial law.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Virginia--Early works to 1800.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--British colonies.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--French colonies.

Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Virginia.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Playbills (Posters)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet)

Other Title:

As I have ever entertained hopes that an accommodation might have taken place between Great Britain and this colony ...

Place of Publication:

[Virginia?] : [publisher not identified], [1776]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF caption (LLMC Digital, viewed August 27, 2018).

Date of publication from Evans.

Signed: Dunmore.

Last line of text: "tary Purposes, by Officers properly authorised to receive the same."

Text identical to Evans, 14592. Type re-set.

Cited in:

Evans, 15196

OCLC:

1049989280

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.