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Proclamation. Whereas by our declarations of the 14th of July, and 19th of September ... Given at New-York, this thirtieth day of November, 1776
Uniform Title
Proclamation (1776 November 30)
Title
Proclamation. Whereas by our declarations of the 14th of July, and 19th of September ... Given at New-York, this thirtieth day of November, 1776.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 page)
Local Notes
LLMC Digital Library Collection
Notes
Signed: Howe, W. Howe. By command of their excellencies, Hen. Strachey.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed January 8, 2019).
Summary
November 30, 1776 Proclamation by Richard and William Howe which noted previous grants of a free and general pardon if colonists again paid allegiance to Britain. Now the proclamation allowed for clemency for all who lay down guns against Britain and return home; the oath was also included in this document.
Variant and related titles
Whereas by our declarations of the 14th of July, and 19th of September.
At head of title: By Richard Viscount Howe of the Kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe, Esq ; general of His Majesty's forces in America the King's Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North-America, &c. &c. &c.
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Print version: Great Britain. Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North-America. By Richard Viscount Howe of the Kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe, Esq. [New York] Printed by Macdonald & Cameron in Water-Street, between the coffee-house and the Old Slip. [1776]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 08, 2019
References
Evans 14783.
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