By the Honourable John Penn, esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation. : Whereas information hath been made to me that, in the night of the fourteenth day of July last, a certain Isaac Meyer was grievously and mortally wounded by some person unknown, who wilfully and maliciously shot him in the neck, while he was sitting in the house of Henry Buch, in Heidelberg township, in the county of Lancaster, ..
"Given under my hand, ... at Philadelphia, the first day of October, in the tenth year of his Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy. John Penn."; On the murder of Isaac Meyer by persons unknown.; Not in Evans or Hildeburn.; Royal arms, with "G R", at head of title.; Broadside.; Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription on verso which reads "1 October 1770 Proclamation for apprehending the person who murdered Isaac Meyer."; Culture Class Collection copy acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Mapcase AB7 P3845L2 770b
Collection:
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
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