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proclamation by His Excellency Joseph Reed, Esquire, president, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Whereas the Honourable the General Assembly of this state, at the earnest solicitation and instance of the merchants and traders of this city ... Given ... at Philadelphia, this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine
Laying a fifteen-day embargo on outward-bound vessels, in order that the State ship of war could obtain its complement of men.
Signed: Joseph Reed, president. Attest. T. Matlack, secretary.
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16433).