Broadsides. Facsimiles,
New York, State. Governor. Robertson, James, *#H1.90.453.204 By his Excellency James Robertson, Esquire, Captain General . . . A proclamation. The king having been graciously pleased to
honor me with the care of a Province, . . . I proceed . . . to an- nounce his benevolent intentions... Given... New-York
. the fifteenth day of April. one thousand seven hundred and eighty ... [Signed] James Robertson ... Printed by James
Rivington ...
Broadside facsimile. [Boston. Massachusetts Historical Society. 1919.] Size, 25 X 123% inches. Coat of arms.
This proclamation declares the Revolution to be due to a few, and calls upon the people of New York “to seek an early refuge in the abundant clemency of the Crown.”
This card was printcd at the Boston 2 Public Librery, Mey 22. 1224, M&642 — S.r.c. — Broadsides. Facsi . — New York, State. Hist. Revolution.
— Rivington, James, printer, 1724?-1802, — American Loyalists.