Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
N.d.
Primary Source Reference:
Library Company Accession File
Title Information:
By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. Proclamation: All persons having waggons, carts, or teams of horses in their possession, within the city of Philadelphia and its environs, are hereby enjoined and required, within five days from the date hereof, to make a just and true return of all such waggons, carts, and draught horses, to the office of the quarter master general, near the State-House; and if any such person shall neglect or refuse to comply with this order, it is hereby declared that their waggons, carts, and teams shall be liable to seizure. And it is hereby further ordered, that no person or persons whatever shall, after the ninth day of this instant, ply with or make use of his cart, waggon, or team, without having first entered his name, cart or waggon, and team, in the said office of the quarter master general, and obtain his permit for that purpose. /Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this 4th day of February, in the eighteenth year of his Majesty's reign, Will. Erskine, Q.M.G
Imprint Information:
[Philadelphia: James Humphreys, Jr., 1778]
Repository:
LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1778 Gre Bri (2)394.F.36; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15820
