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By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation : Whereas by an act of General Assembly of this province, passed in this present year, it is, among other things, provided and enacted, that if any person or persons, settled upon any lands within the boundaries of this province ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn)
Other Authors:	Penn, John, 1729-1795
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 11026.
Subjects:	Indians of North America > Land tenure > Pennsylvania. Squatter settlements > Pennsylvania. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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