By the Honourable William Dummer, Esq; ... A proclamation for apprehending John Pittman.
Subtitle: ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the twenty-fourth day of February, 1726 [new style, 1727]. ..
Contributors: Dummer, William, 1677-1761.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 39867.
Publisher: Printed by B. Green, printer to his hon. the lieut. gov. & Council
Published: 1727
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Allen, Abraham, -- d. 1727.; Pittman, John, -- b. ca. 1692.; Crime -- Massachusetts.; African American criminals -- Massachusetts.
Notes: Signed: By order of his honour the lieut. governour, with the advice of the Council, W. Dummer. Josiah Willard, secr.

Pittman, "a well set fresh colour'd person of about thirty-five years of age," was believed to have been responsible for the death of "one Abraham Allen, a marriner belonging to his majesty's ship Sheerness, Capt. James Cornwall commander ..."

Bristol B734.

Shipton & Mooney 39867.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 536.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39867)