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By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation : I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs, it is the order of His Excellency, that "No person whatever, living within the said city and its environs, shall appear in the streets between the beating of the tattoo, at half an hour after eight o'clock in the evening, and the revellie in the morning, without lanthorns ...
- Title
- By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation : I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs, it is the order of His Excellency, that "No person whatever, living within the said city and its environs, shall appear in the streets between the beating of the tattoo, at half an hour after eight o'clock in the evening, and the revellie in the morning, without lanthorns ...
- Author
- Great Britain. Army.
- Publication
- [Philadelphia] : [Printed by James Humphreys, Junr.], [1778]
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- Description
- 1 sheet ([1] pages); 33 cm
- Summary
- General William Howe's proclamation of a curfew in Philadelphia and surrounding areas, following the British capture of the city.
- Alternative Title
- Proclamation. I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs ...
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Broadsides.
- History.
- Note
- Signed: Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this 9th day of January, in the eighteenth year of His Majesty's reign. Jos. Galloway, superintendent-general.
- At head of title: royal arms.
- Imprint supplied by Evans.
- Photostat of broadside.
- Indexed In (note)
- Evans
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania
- Call Number
- *KVB (1778 Jan. 9) (Howe, W. By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe)
- OCLC
- 1367355418
- Author
- Great Britain. Army.
- Title
- By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation : I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs, it is the order of His Excellency, that "No person whatever, living within the said city and its environs, shall appear in the streets between the beating of the tattoo, at half an hour after eight o'clock in the evening, and the revellie in the morning, without lanthorns ...
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] : [Printed by James Humphreys, Junr.], [1778]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- Evans 15817Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3788
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Place of Publication
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Added Author
- Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.Humphreys, James, 1748-1810, printer.
- Research Call Number
- *KVB (1778 Jan. 9) (Howe, W. By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe)