By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq ... A proclamation : Whereas His Most Gracious Majesty, for the maintaining and securing his rights and possessions of his crown, and subjects in North-America, against the most unjust agressions and hostilities ... Given under my hand and seal, at arms, at the borough of Elizabeth, in the province of New-Jersey, the first day of July ... annoque Domini, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six.