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British proclamation offering a land bounty to recruits for the Provincial Corps, 1777

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Great Britain. Army

Title Information:

By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief &c. &c. &c. Proclamation: Whereas for the more speedy and effectual suppression of the unnatural rebellion subsisting in North-America, it has been thought proper to levy a number of provincial troops ... Given under my hand, at head-quarters in Germantown, this 8th day of October, 1777. W. Howe. By His Excellency’s command, Robert Mackenzie, secretary

Imprint Information:

[Philadelphia: James Humphreys, Jr., 1777]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1777 Gre Brit (2)394.F.7; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15327