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Title:
  • By the honourable John Wanton Esq; Governour and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England. A Proclamation. Whereas his most Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain &c. Has declared War against the Kingdom of Spain...and to encourage the raising a considerable number of Soldiers within this Colony...Given at Newport, in the Colony aforesaid the Twelfth Day of May.
Call No:
  • G1157
  • Broadsides 1740 No.1
Biographical/Historical note:
  • England declared war against Spain October 19, 1739. This conflict is known as War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748). Governor Wanton died July 5, 1740, less than three months after this proclamation was issued.
Subjects:
Author:
Imprint Place:
  • [Newport :
Publisher/Printer:
  • Ann Franklin
Imprint Date:
  • 1740]
Physical Description:
  • 1 sheet ([1] p.)
  • [seal]
  • 28 x38cm.
Bibliographic References:
  • Alden, J.E. Rhode Island,
  • Reilly, E., Dict. of Col. Am. Printers' Ornaments
  • 55a
  • 952
Notes:
  • Seal of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations leads.
  • Last line: God save the King. The only known copy is held by Rhode Island Historical Society. Not in Alden. Not in Evans. Not in Readex. Alden number provided by RIHS.
  • England declared war against Spain October 19, 1739. This conflict is known as War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748). Governor Wanton died July 5, 1740, less than three months after this proclamation was issued.
  • Preservation and electronic cataloging for this broadside was made possible by a generous grant from the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars, the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the General Society of Colonial Wars.
Location:
  • Broadside Collection: G 1157
  • MARC Values:

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