By the Honourable George Thomas, Esq; lieutenant governor ... of Pennsylvania ... A proclamation : His grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, having, by his letter of the 9th of April last, signified ... that his majesty has been pleased to order a considerable body of his troops from England ... Given under my hand, and the great seal of the province of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, this ninth day of June ... one thousand seven hundred and forty-six. ...
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