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By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation : His Majesty hath determined ... to make a general invasion of Canada, and ... is graciously pleased to grant to the officers of his American forces a rank and command equal to the officers of his British forces ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of March, 1759 ...
- Title
- By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation : His Majesty hath determined ... to make a general invasion of Canada, and ... is graciously pleased to grant to the officers of his American forces a rank and command equal to the officers of his British forces ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of March, 1759 ...
- Author
- Massachusetts. Governor (1757-1760 : Pownall)
- Publication
- Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1759.
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- Description
- 1 sheet ([1] pages); f°.
- Summary
- Proclamation by Governor Thomas Pownall that the king had granted equal status in rank and command to American officers as the British officers, although the latter were considered senior to the Americans in the same rank.
- Uniform Title
- Proclamation (1759 March 17)
- Alternative Title
- Proclamation (1759 March 17)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Broadsides.
- History.
- Note
- Signed: By His Excellency's command, A. Oliver, secr'y. T. Pownall.
- Photostat.
- Dated Mar. 17, 1759.
- Added to Evans, v. 3, p. 232
- Indexed In (note)
- Ford
- Call Number
- *KVB (1759 Mar. 17) (Massachusetts colony Gov. By His Excellency Thomas Pownall)
- OCLC
- 1396994045
- Author
- Massachusetts. Governor (1757-1760 : Pownall)
- Title
- By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation : His Majesty hath determined ... to make a general invasion of Canada, and ... is graciously pleased to grant to the officers of his American forces a rank and command equal to the officers of his British forces ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of March, 1759 ...
- Publisher
- Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1759.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- Ford 1171
- Chronological Term
- 1754-1763
- Research Call Number
- *KVB (1759 Mar. 17) (Massachusetts colony Gov. By His Excellency Thomas Pownall)