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By His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Esquire ... a proclamation
Whereas the legislature of this state, at their session in June last, for the reasons hereafter exhibited, did extend their claim of jurisdiction ... I have therefore thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, and do hereby strictly require, charge and command all persons of whatsoever quality or denomination residing within the said western claim of jurisdiction, to take due notice of the laws and orders of this state ... Given under my hand ... at Arlington, this 18th day of July, A.D. 1781
A proclamation extending Vermont's jurisdiction westerly from the northwest corner of Massachusetts into New York.
Signed: Thomas Chittenden. By His Excellency's command, Thomas Tolman, dep. sec'ry.
Evans' imprint corrected by McCorison, based on the fact that after July 9, 1781, J.P. Spooner no longer printed with Timothy Green.
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. 17403).