Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq. ... A proclamation
Subtitle: Whereas by an act passed the sixteenth of February instant, entitled, "An act describing the disqualifications, to which persons shall be subjected, which have been, or may be guilty of treason ... and to whom a pardon may be extended" ... Given at the council chamber in Boston, this seventeenth day of February ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 20501
Publisher: Printed by Adams & Nourse, printers to the General Court.
Published: 1787
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787; Treason; Amnesty; Massachusetts
Notes: Promising pardon and indemnification to all offenders who complied with the terms and conditions of the act "on or before the twenty-first day of March."

Signed: James Bowdoin. By His Excellency's command, John Avery, Jun. secretary.

Printed area measures 35.2 x 21.7 cm.

Evans 20501

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2474