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Pennsylvania, ss. : By the president and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a proclamation : Whereas it appears to us, that about midnight, between Tuesday the sixth and Wednesday the seventh instant, a most daring riot was committed by a large company of disorderly and evil minded persons unknown, at and on the dwelling of Major Alexander Boyd, in Sixth-street, in the city of Philadelphia ... Given ... at Philadelphia, this twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council
Other Authors:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1787]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 20624.
Subjects:	Boyd, Alexander, > Maj. Riots > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Bounties > Pennsylvania. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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