By the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... a proclamation
Subtitle: Whereas I have received information, that many ill-disposed persons ... have ... seated themselves upon lands within this province, not yet purchased of the natives ... I have therefore thought fit to issue this proclamation, hereby strictly enjoining and requiring ... all persons whatsoever, who have made any such settlements ... immediately to evacuate and abandon them ... And whereas it has been reported that a certain Frederick Stump ... had my ... authority for making such settlement; I do hereby declare, that the said report is utterly false and groundless, and ... that, on the contrary, I have constantly denied every application of that kind. Given ... at Philadelphia, the twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 10444
Publisher: Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the Market.
Published: 1766
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of North America; Land tenure; Squatter settlements
Notes: Signed: John Penn.

Royal arms at head of title.

Evans 10444

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2248