By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation. : Whereas it appears by a deposition ... that, on Sunday, the tenth day of this month, a certain Frederick Stump, a German, of Penn's township, in the county of Cumberland, did, in violation of the public faith, and in defiance of all law, inhumanly and wickedly kill, without any provocation, four Indian men, and two Indian women, in his own house ... Given ... at Philadelphia, the nineteenth day of January ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight
Alternate Title:
Whereas it appears by a deposition ... that, on Sunday, the tenth day of this month, a certain Frederick Stump, a German, of Penn's township, in the county of Cumberland, did, in violation of the public faith, and in defiance of all law, inhumanly and wickedly kill, without any provocation, four Indian men, and two Indian women, in his own house ...
Offering a reward for the apprehension of Frederick Stump.; Signed: John Penn.; Royal arms at head of title.; Broadside.; Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription on verso which reads "Proclamation offering a Rewd. of 200 for apprehending Fred Stump. January 19, 1768."; 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 768b
Collection:
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
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