By the honourable John Wanton Esq; Governour and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty’s Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England. A Proclamation. Whereas his most Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain &c. Has declared War against the Kingdom of Spain…and to encourage the raising a considerable number of Soldiers within this Colony…Given at Newport, in the Colony aforesaid the Twelfth Day of May.

Item Date

1740

Publisher

the Rhode Island Historical Society

Call Number

G1157 Broadsides 1740 No.1

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