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By the Honorable Joseph Wanton, Esquire ... A proclamation : Whereas on Tuesday, the ninth instant in the night, a number of people, unknown, boarded his majesty's armed schooner the Gaspee ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Newport, this twelfth day of June ... one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two. ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Rhode Island. Governor (1769-1775 : Wanton)
Other Authors:	Wanton, Joseph, 1705-1780
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 42371.
Subjects:	Gaspee (Schooner) Bounties > Rhode Island. Rhode Island > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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