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By Brigadier General Stanwix, commanding His Majesty's forces in the southern district of North America : Whereas a number of the King's horses marked G.R. with a horse-shoe ... were lost, or stolen last campaign, or this year ... Given under my hand, at Philadelphia, the 22d of June 1759.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Great Britain. Army
Other Authors:	Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 41034.
Subjects:	Horse stealing > Southern States. Bounties. United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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