By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation : His Majesty ... hath determined ... to make a general invasion of Canada, and ... is graciously pleased to grant to the officers of his American forces a rank and command equal to the officers of his British forces ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of March, 1759 ...
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By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; ... A proclamation : His Majesty ... hath determined ... to make a general invasion of Canada, and ... is graciously pleased to grant to the officers of his American forces a rank and command equal to the officers of his British forces ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of March, 1759 ...
Uniform Title
Proclamation (1759 March 17)
Published
Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1759.
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1 online resource (1 broadside)
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(NNC-L)LLMC1252733531
(TEMPOCo)1252733531
(TEMPOCo)1252733531
Summary
March 17, 1759 Proclamation by Governor Thomas Pownall that the king had granted equal status in rank and command to American officers as the British officers, although the latter were considered senior to the Americans in the same rank.
Note
Signed: By His Excellency's command, A. Oliver, secr'y. T. Pownall.
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Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed May 25, 2021).
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