By His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq; ... A proclamation : ... In order to carry the war into the enemy's country as far as Montreal and Quebec, His Majesty is graciously pleased to require the aid of twenty thousand men from the New-Jerseys, New-York, and the New-England governments. ... I do hereby promise and engage, that all such able bodied and effective men ... shall be entitled to the following pay and rewards ... Given at the Council-chamber in Portsmouth, the first day of April 1758 ...