By His Excellency James Robertson, Esquire ... A proclamation : The king having been graciously pleased ... I proceed with great pleasure to announce his benevolent intentions ... by the revival of the civil authority, to prove to all the colonies and provinces, that it is not his design to govern America by military law, but that they are to enjoy all the benefits of a local legislation, and their former constitution. ... Given under my hand, and the great seal of the province of New-York, in the city of New-York, the fifteenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty ...