By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K.B. general and commander in chief, &c. &c. &c. Proclamation.
Subtitle: I do hereby give notice to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia and its environs, it is the order of His Excellency, that "No person whatever, living within the said city and its environs shall appear in the streets between the beating of the tatoo, at half an hour after eight o'clock in the evening, and the revellie [sic] in the morning, without a lanthorn ..
Contributors: Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.; Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 15817.
Publisher: Printed by James Humphreys, Junr.
Published: 1778
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Curfews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Notes: Ordering a curfew in Philadelphia.

Signed: Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this 9th day of January, in the eighteenth year of His Majesty's reign. Jos. Galloway, superintendent-general.

At head of title: royal arms.

Imprint supplied by Evans.

Evans 15817.

Hildeburn, C.R.  Pennsylvania, 3788.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15817)