By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, governor and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania, and counties of New-Castle, Kent and Suffex, on Delaware, a proclamation : Whereas I have received information that His Excellency the Earl of Dunmore, governor-general ... of Virginia, hath lately issued a very extraordinary proclamation ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four ...
1774
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Proclamation (1774 October 12)
Title
By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, governor and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania, and counties of New-Castle, Kent and Suffex, on Delaware, a proclamation : Whereas I have received information that His Excellency the Earl of Dunmore, governor-general ... of Virginia, hath lately issued a very extraordinary proclamation ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four ...
Imprint
Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1774.
Description
1 online resource (1 sheet)
Summary
October 12, 1774 Proclamation of Pennsylvania Governor John Penn which responded to a proclamation from Virginia claiming that Pennsylvania was encroaching on its lands. This proclamation by Governor Penn claimed those western lands were within Pennsylvania.
Note
Against Virginia's recent encroachments on Pennsylvania's western territory.
Signed: John Penn.
Royal arms at head of title.
Signed: John Penn.
Royal arms at head of title.
Indexed In
Evans 13521
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3089
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3089
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed August 22, 2019).
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Available in Other Form
Print version: Pennsylvania. Governor (1773-1776 : Penn). By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, governor and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania, and counties of New-Castle, Kent and Suffex, on Delaware, a proclamation. Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1774
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
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