A proclamation. By His Excellency the Honorable William Howe, : general and commander in chief of all His Majesty’s forces ... Whereas it is represented, that many of the loyal inhabitants of this island have been compelled by the leaders in rebellion, to take up arms against His Majesty’s government: notice is hereby given to all persons so forced into rebellion, that on delivering themselves up at the head quarters of the army, they will be received as faithful subjects ... given under my hand, at head quarters on Long Island, this 23rd day of August, 1776. William Howe ...
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Great Britain. Army ; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
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A proclamation. By His Excellency the Honorable William Howe, : general and commander in chief of all His Majesty’s forces ... Whereas it is represented, that many of the loyal inhabitants of this island have been compelled by the leaders in rebellion, to take up arms against His Majesty’s government: notice is hereby given to all persons so forced into rebellion, that on delivering themselves up at the head quarters of the army, they will be received as faithful subjects ... given under my hand, at head quarters on Long Island, this 23rd day of August, 1776. William Howe ..., verso
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Great Britain. Army ; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
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A proclamation. By His Excellency the Honorable William Howe, : general and commander in chief of all His Majesty’s forces ... Whereas it is represented, that many of the loyal inhabitants of this island have been compelled by the leaders in rebellion, to take up arms against His Majesty’s government: notice is hereby given to all persons so forced into rebellion, that on delivering themselves up at the head quarters of the army, they will be received as faithful subjects ... given under my hand, at head quarters on Long Island, this 23rd day of August, 1776. William Howe ..., recto
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Great Britain. Army ; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
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By Commodore Sir George Collier, commander in chief of His Majesty’s ships and vessels in North-America; and Major-General William Tryon ... : Address. To the inhabitants of Connecticut ... Given on board His Majesty’s ship Camilla, in the Sound, July 4th, 1779.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy ; Collier, George, Sir, 1738-1795 ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Howe, John, 1754-1835 ; Great Britain. Army
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By Commodore Sir George Collier, commander in chief of His Majesty’s ships and vessels in North-America; and Major-General William Tryon ... : Address. To the inhabitants of Connecticut ... Given on board His Majesty’s ship Camilla, in the Sound, July 4th, 1779, verso
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Great Britain. Royal Navy ; Collier, George, Sir, 1738-1795 ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Howe, John, 1754-1835 ; Great Britain. Army
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By Commodore Sir George Collier, commander in chief of His Majesty’s ships and vessels in North-America; and Major-General William Tryon ... : Address. To the inhabitants of Connecticut ... Given on board His Majesty’s ship Camilla, in the Sound, July 4th, 1779, recto
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Great Britain. Royal Navy ; Collier, George, Sir, 1738-1795 ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Howe, John, 1754-1835 ; Great Britain. Army
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By His Excellency Guy Carleton, captain-general and governor in chief in and over the province of Quebec ... A proclamation. : Whereas it has been found expedient to raise and embody a militia within this city, to co-operate with, and to assist His Majesty’s troops in this garrison in the preservation of the city and of the persons and property of His Majesty’s good and faithful subjects resident therein, against certain rebellious persons who have invaded this province, a number of whom have lately appeared in arms before the walls of this town ...
By His Excellency William Livingston, Esquire ... proclamation. : Whereas some of the justices of the peace of this state have been too remiss in discharging the duty required of them ... I have therefore thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby strictly charging and commanding all justices of the peace within the same, to carry the said act into execution so far as to them it doth appertain. ... Given under my hand, and seal at arms at Maddonfield, the fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven.
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New Jersey. Governor (1776-1790 : Livingston) ; Livingston, William, 1723-1790
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By His Excellency William Tryon, Esq; captain general and governor in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation. : Whereas the General Assembly of this province stands prorogued to the first day of February ... I do ... dissolve the said General Assembly ... Given under my hand and seal, at arms, in the city of New-York, the second day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six ...
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New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon) ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 7-1807
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By his Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, captain general, and governor in chief in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation. : Whereas I have received His Majesty’s royal proclamation given at the court of St. James’s, the twenty-third day of August last, in the words following: By the King, a proclamation, for suppressing rebellion and sedition. George R. ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, in the city of New-York, the fourteenth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five ...
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New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon) ; George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 7-1807 ; L. V. G. ; Villedary, I. ; Great Britain. Parliament ; Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III). By the King, a proclamation, for suppressing rebellion and sedition
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By the president of the United States. A proclamation. … That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free ... Done at the City of Washington this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three ... By the president: [Abraham Lincoln] ...
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United States President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) ; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 ; Nicolay, John G. 1832-1901 ; Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890 ; Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 ; Leypoldt, Frederick, 1835-1884
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By the state of Maryland. A declaration. : Whereas the General Assembly of Maryland hath heretofore resolved ... that the United States in Congress assembled should have full power to ascertain and fix the western limits of those states, that claim to the Mississippi or South Sea ...
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Maryland. General Assembly ; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811 ; Paca, William, 1740-1799 ; Carmichael, William, d. 1795 ; Henry, John, 1750-1798
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Committee chamber, New-York, August 22, 1775. : The Provincial Congress of the colony of New-York, on the 9th of August, instant, passed the following resolves, viz. ...
Committee of Safety, New-York, January 27, 1776. : Instructions to the colonels, and other officers, for inlistment of four new battalions in the Continental service, for the defence of the colony of New-York …
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New York (State). Committee of Safety ; Loudon, Samuel, 1727?-1813 ; Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 7-1807 ; Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 ; Forbes, William A. ; Van Hook, Arondt, d. 1798? ; Fairley, J. S. ; Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776 ; New York (Colony). Provincial Congress
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Committee room, June 10, 1779. : Whereas sundry applications have been made to this committee by many worthy inhabitants from different parts of the state, for the purpose of procuring therefrom such advice and assistance as may be useful towards forming committees on a similar plan in the several counties; therefore resolved, that the proceedings already published, together with the following circular letter, be sent to each county.
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Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Henry, William, 1729-1786 ; Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
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Committee room, June 10, 1779. : Whereas sundry applications have been made to this committee by many worthy inhabitants from different parts of the state, for the purpose of procuring therefrom such advice and assistance as may be useful towards forming committees on a similar plan in the several counties; therefore resolved, that the proceedings already published, together with the following circular letter, be sent to each county, verso
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Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Henry, William, 1729-1786 ; Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
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Committee room, June 10, 1779. : Whereas sundry applications have been made to this committee by many worthy inhabitants from different parts of the state, for the purpose of procuring therefrom such advice and assistance as may be useful towards forming committees on a similar plan in the several counties; therefore resolved, that the proceedings already published, together with the following circular letter, be sent to each county, recto
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Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Henry, William, 1729-1786 ; Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
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General Lee’s resignation. : To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Barrington, His Majesty’s secretary at war. Philadelphia, June 22, 1775. My Lord, although I can by no means subscribe to the opinion of divers people in the world, that an officer on half pay is to be considered in the service, yet I think it a point of delicacy to pay a deference to this opinion, erroneous and absurd as it is. I therefore apprise your lordship in the most public and solemn manner, that I renounce my half-pay, from the date hereof ...
George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland ... Whereas, by a statute made and passed ... An act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the colonies ... and also two acts made in the last session ... and whereas by a certain other statute ... An act for enabling the commissioners ... to grant commissions ... to take and make prizes ... three of our commissioners ... by their warrant ... the fourth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight ... appointed our trusty and well-beloved William Tryon ...
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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Bayard, Robert ; Rivington, James, 1724-1802 ; Brien, Mathew ; McDonald, James ; Etherington, Robert ; Philips, Jonathan ; Ross, David ; Stewart, William ; Robertson, James, 1717-1788 ; Whatman, James, 1741-1798 ; New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon) ; New York (State). Governor (1780-1783 : Robertson) ; Surprize (Schooner) ; St. Patrick (Schooner) ; Trimmer (Schooner)