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By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania, and the counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware, a proclamation. Whereas by an act of Assembly ... it is provided, that there shall be forthwith raised three hundred effective men ... Given under my hand, and the great seal of the said province, at Philadelphia, this seventeenth day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one.
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1759-1763 : Hamilton) 55121
- Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 53331, Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Proclamations. 1761-03-17
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ; 1⁰.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, [1761]
- Notes:
- Offering bounties in recruiting troops for Pittsburgh.
- Signed: James Hamilton. By His Honour's command, Richard Peters, secretary.
- The only known copy, held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, is mutilated.
- At head of title: royal arms.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 8969
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1760
- Miller, C.W. Franklin, 763
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