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British proclamation designation certain woodlots for the use of the British Army, and others for the use of the inhabitants, 1778

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Great Britain. Army

Notes:

Du Simitière copy sold as duplicate by LCP, which has another copy.

Title Information:

By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. Proclamation: Whereas it has been represented to His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. that all the wood, in the neck of land southward of the city of Philadelphia, and between the Delaware and Schuylkill, will be necessary for the use of His Majesty's troops ... /Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the 11th day of January, in the eighteenth year of His Majesty's reign. Jos. Galloway,

Imprint Information:

[Philadelphia]: James Humphreys, Jr., [1778]

Repository:

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15818