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British proclamation ordering Philadelphia and Germantown residents to report to the Royal army on the availability of wagons and horses, 1777

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Great Britain. Army

Title Information:

Philadelphia, October 10, 1777. Advertisement: A return of waggons and horses in Philadelphia, Germantown, and the country about, is to be given in immediately to the quarter master general, at his quarters at William West's in Front-Street. Those that chuse to hire their waggons by the day, shall be paid the customary price, and those that conceal their waggons and do not make the return as directed above, will have them seized. N.B. A number of waggoners wanted, their pay three shillings, New-York, currency, per day, and provisions

Imprint Information:

Philadelphia: James Humphreys, Jr., [1777]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1777 Gre Brit (2)394.F.11; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15344