By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] : Whereas, by advice of His Majesties Council for this province upon the application of the mayor of New-York, to remove a grievance from the inhabitants (the want of bread) ... I have, with the advice of the Council, given free liberty to all persons, to export flower, bread and corn ... Given at Fort William Henry, the 2d day of July ... annoq; Domini 1696.
| Author/creator | New York (Colony). |
| Other author | Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New York] : Printed and sold by William Bradford, printer to the Kings Excellent Majesty at the Bible in New-York, 1696. |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 766. ^A478749 |
| General note | Rescinding an earlier proclamation (Evans 765) forbidding the trade of flour and grains to other colonies. |
| General note | Signed: Ben. Fletcher. God save the King. |
| General note | Royal arms at head of title. |
| References | Evans 766 |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) F13111 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 766). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |