By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation.
Subtitle: Whereas discovery has been lately made in the colony of Connecticut, of a combination of divers wicked and dissolute people for counterfeiting the bills of credit, of this and the neighbouring governments ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fifteenth day of March 1748 [new style, 1749]. ..
Contributors: Shirley, William, 1694-1771.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40500.
Publisher: Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governour and Council.
Published: 1749
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Bill, Joseph.; Jones, Isaac.; Counterfeiters -- New England.; Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- New England.; Crime -- New England.; Bills of exchange -- New England.; Bounties -- Massachusetts.
Notes: Warning against the acceptance of the counterfeit bills of credit, and offering a reward of fifty pounds for the capture of Joseph Bill or Isaac Jones, and a reward of twenty-five pounds for the capture and conviction of any accomplices.

Signed: By order of the governour, with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard, secr.

Bristol B1438.

Shipton & Mooney 40500.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 896.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40500)