By His Excellency Edward Lord Cornbury His Majesty's capt. general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation[.]
Subtitle: Whereas sundry persons within the city of New-York have made a common practice of heaping together quantities of dead oysters, as well as oyster-shells, within the said city, and of burning the same ... Given at Kings-Bridge the 17th day of September ... anno Dom. 1702
Contributors: Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1661-1723
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 1089
Publisher: Printed and sold by William Bradford, printer to the Queens Most Excellent Majesty, in New-York.
Published: 1702
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Organic wastes; Yellow fever -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Forbidding the burning of dead oysters and oyster shells within the city, as this was believed to spread the yellow fever

Signed: Cornbury. God save the Queen

Royal arms at head of title

Evans 1089

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Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 1089)