By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq ; ... A proclamation : Whereas upon Tuesday the twenty-fifth of September last, an heinous riot was committed in the town of Bristol ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighteenth day of October, 1744.

Proclamation (1744 October 18)

By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq ; ... A proclamation : Whereas upon Tuesday the twenty-fifth of September last, an heinous riot was committed in the town of Bristol ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighteenth day of October, 1744.

Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, [1744]

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October 18. 1744 Proclamation by Governor William Shirley for the arrest of various named and unnamed rioters in the town of Bristol, along with a reward for their capture.

Calling for the arrest of the leaders of the riot, who freed John Round and Samuel Borden from the county jail in Bristol (now part of Rhode Island), and offering rewards for their capture.
Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard secr.

Bristol B1248
Shipton & Mooney 40338
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 794

Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed April 8, 2021).

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Print version: Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley). By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation. Boston: : Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council., [1744]

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