By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] Whereas His Majesties companies garisons on this province are very much weakened by death, sickness and desertion, which renders the fronteers in some danger ... Given under my hand at His Majesties fort in New-York, the one and twentieth day of April ... annoq; Domini 1696.
- Title
- By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] Whereas His Majesties companies garisons on this province are very much weakened by death, sickness and desertion, which renders the fronteers in some danger ... Given under my hand at His Majesties fort in New-York, the one and twentieth day of April ... annoq; Domini 1696.
- Author
- New York (State). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher).
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- [New York] :: Printed by William Bradford, printer to His Majesty, at the Bible in the city of New-York,
- 1696.
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- Subject terms
- New York (State). -- Militia -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- New York (State) -- History, Military.
- New York (State) -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697.
- Broadsides.
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"By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] Whereas His Majesties companies garisons on this province are very much weakened by death, sickness and desertion, which renders the fronteers in some danger ... Given under my hand at His Majesties fort in New-York, the one and twentieth day of April ... annoq; Domini 1696." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N00626.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.