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By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas the several governments of the Massachusetts-Bay, New-Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode-Island, being apprehensive of the great danger to which his majesty’s colonies are exposed ...

By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas the several governments of the Massachusetts-Bay, New-Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode-Island, being apprehensive of the great danger to which his majesty’s colonies are exposed ... Broadside
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Broadside by Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)

38.5 cm x 31.5 cm

Boston: : Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governour and Council., 1755.

This broadside contains the text of a proclamation on 26 March 1755.

 


This proclamation issued by Massachusetts Bay Governor William Shirley on 26 March 1755 announces that the governments of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are raising troops to defend their territories against the French presence in North America.