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Title:
  • By the Honourable Joseph Wanton, Esquire ... A proclamation. : Whereas His Majesty's goal in the county of King's County, within this colony, was, in the night-time of the third of this instant, broke open ... and sundry criminals set at liberty ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, the seventh day of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy ...
Call No:
  • G1157
  • Broadsides 1770 No.2
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Author:
Imprint Place:
  • Providence: :
Publisher/Printer:
  • Printed by John Carter, at Shakespeare's Head.,
Imprint Date:
  • [1770]
Physical Description:
  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ;
  • 37 x 23 cm.
Bibliographic References:
  • Alden, J.E. Rhode Island,
  • Bristol Shipton & Mooney Reilly, E., Dict. of Col. Am. Printers' Ornaments
  • 447
  • B3258 42162 542,897
Notes:
  • Offering a reward for the apprehension of the escaped criminals, William Reynolds, Thomas Clarke, Elisha Reynolds, and Samuel Casey.
  • Signed: Joseph Wanton. By His Honour's command, Edward Thurston, Jun. d. secr'y. Royal arms at head of title. Unseen by Alden. His description conjectured from the Providence Gazette for November 10, 1770. Rhode Island Historical Society holds only known original imprint.
  • RIHS Copy Negative # RHi (x3)1503
  • 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:
  • RHI9
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