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- GLC#
- GLC04804.02
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 1778/05/09
- Author/Creator
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
- Title
- A Proclamation.
- Place Written
- York, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 broadside Height: 44.7 cm, Width: 34.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
This document is a proclamation ordering American ships to act according to an honest code and not take up piratical acts while in American waters. It is a printed broadside approved by Henry Laurens and Charles Thomson as President and Secretary respectively.
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