By His Excellency the president, and Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a proclamation : Whereas there is just cause to believe that our cruel and inveterate enemies, despairing of the conquest of America by open and manly force, are about to adopt the mean and savage policy of distress and depredation. ... Given ... at Philadelphia, this second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.

Author/creator Pennsylvania
Other author Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1779.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 16431. ^A478749
General noteExhorting the populace to prepare to resist the enemy's imminent "policy of distress and depredation."
General noteSigned: Joseph Reed, president. Attest. T. Matlack, secretary.
General noteCoat of arms at head of title.
References Evans 16431
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3936
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 16431).
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