By His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Esq. ... a proclamation : Whereas the General Court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their act of the fourth of February instant, declared that a horrid and wicked rebellion did exist in said commonwealth, and that Daniel Shays [and 3 others] ... were the principal aidents and abettors of said rebellion ... All the citizens of this state are absolutely and most solemnly forbidden to take arms in support of or to engage in the service, on said rebellion, by furnishing them with arms, ammunition or otherwise ... GIven under my hand in Council, Bennington, this 27th day of February AD 1787.
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By His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Esq. ... a proclamation : Whereas the General Court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their act of the fourth of February instant, declared that a horrid and wicked rebellion did exist in said commonwealth, and that Daniel Shays [and 3 others] ... were the principal aidents and abettors of said rebellion ... All the citizens of this state are absolutely and most solemnly forbidden to take arms in support of or to engage in the service, on said rebellion, by furnishing them with arms, ammunition or otherwise ... GIven under my hand in Council, Bennington, this 27th day of February AD 1787.
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Proclamation (1787 February 27)
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[1787]
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1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages)
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(NNC-L)LLMC1230501452
(TEMPOCo)1230501452
(TEMPOCo)1230501452
Summary
February 27, 1787 Proclamation of Governor Thomas Chittenden outlawing Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, leaders of Shays' Rebellion; also forbidding citizens to aid in the rebellion in any way, and ordering citizens to assist in the apprehension of these men and return to Massachusetts and the military officers authorized to receive them.
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Manuscript.
Signed: Thomas Chittenden. By His Excellency's command, Joseph Fay, secretary.
Signed: Thomas Chittenden. By His Excellency's command, Joseph Fay, secretary.
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Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed January 13, 2021).
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