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British proclamation ordering a curfew in Philadelphia, 1778

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Great Britain. Army

Title Information:

By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation: I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs, it is the order of His Excellency, that "No person whatever, living within the said city and its environs shall appear in the streets between the beating of the tatoo, at half an hour after eight o'clock in the evening, and the revellie [sic] in the morning, without a lanthorns: .../Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this 9th day of January, in the eighteenth year of His Majesty's reign. Jos. Galloway,

Imprint Information:

[Philadelphia: James Humphreys, Jr., 1778]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1778 Gre Brit (2)394.F.27; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15817