By the Honourable William Dummer, Esq; ... A proclamation for apprehending Henry Phillips.
Subtitle: ... Given at Boston the fourth day of July 1728. ..
Contributors: Dummer, William, 1677-1761.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 39893.
Publisher: Printed by B. Green, printer to his honour the lieut. governour.
Published: 1728
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Phillips, Henry, -- 1704-1729.; Woodbridge, Benjamin, -- 1709-1728.; Murder -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Dueling -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Notes: Signed: By order of the Honourable the Lieut. Governour, W. Dummer. Josiah Willard, secr.

Henry Phillips killed Benjamin Woodbridge, a young Boston merchant, in a duel on July 3, 1728, and escaped to France the following day. This duel caused a great sensation in Boston, the outcome being that Phillips was indicted for murder by a grand jury and the General Court enacted a law placing heavy penalties on dueling. Cf. sketch of Henry Phillips in Sibley's Harvard graduates.

Bristol B763.

Shipton & Mooney 39893.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 548.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39893)