By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas information has been given to this government, that Samuel Ball and Benjamin Ledyke alias Benjamin Dite, who were apprehended for the murther of an Indian at Wiscasset ... were in the town of Falmouth, in a riotous and outragious manner ... rescued out of the hands of the said officer ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the twenty-eighth day of December 1749 ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 40502. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Ordering the arrest of Ball and Ledyke, and offering a reward of fifty pounds for the capture of each, and twenty-five pounds for the capture of anyone convicted of aiding them in their escape. Signed: By order of His Honour the lieut. governour, with the advice of the Council, S. Phips. J. Willard, secr. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : coat of arms. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |