By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq ; ... A proclamation : Forasmuch as the Island of Sables is not inhabited, and so scituated as it often happens, that ships and other vessels are unfortunately cast on said island ... And whereas Mr. Andrew Le Mercier, by his petition has represented to me the great advantage it would be to His Majesty's subjects to make a settlement on said island ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fourth day of September 1738.
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By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq ; ... A proclamation : Forasmuch as the Island of Sables is not inhabited, and so scituated as it often happens, that ships and other vessels are unfortunately cast on said island ... And whereas Mr. Andrew Le Mercier, by his petition has represented to me the great advantage it would be to His Majesty's subjects to make a settlement on said island ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fourth day of September 1738.
Uniform Title
Proclamation (1738 September 4)
Published
Boston : Printed by J. Draper, printer to his excellency the governour & Council, [1738]
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Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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1 online resource (1 broadside) : coat of arms
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(NNC-L)LLMC62814482
(TEMPOCo)62814482
(TEMPOCo)62814482
Summary
September 4, 1738 Proclamation by Governor Jonathan Belcher which forbade the killing any of the cattle, sheep, swine, or other creatures that were on the Island of Sables; this would then provide relief for those who might subsequently be shipwrecked there.
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Forbidding the killing or carrying away of livestock brought to Sable Island for the purpose of establishing a settlement there.
Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, J. Belcher. Simon Frost, dep. secr.
Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, J. Belcher. Simon Frost, dep. secr.
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Bristol B1029
Shipton & Mooney 40146
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 697
Shipton & Mooney 40146
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 697
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Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed February 9, 2021).
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Print version: Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher). By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq; ... A proclamation. Boston: : Printed by J. Draper, printer to his excellency the governour & Council., [1738] (OCoLC)191269803
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