By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] Whereas I have this day received information from the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, bearing date the 20th day of April last past, that the French are making preparations by shipping, and otherwise, for an attempt on some of His Majesties plantations in America ... Given at Fort William Henry the second day of August ... annoq; Domini 1696.
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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 I have this day received information from the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, bearing date the 20th day of April last past, that the French are making preparations by shipping, and otherwise, for an attempt on some of His Majesties plantations in America ... Given at Fort William Henry the second day of August ... annoq; Domini 1696.
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- New York (State). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher).
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- [New York] :: Printed by William Bradford, printer to the Kings Excellent Majesty at the Bible in New-York.,
- 1696.
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- New York (State) -- History -- King William's War, 1689-1697.
- New York (State) -- History, Military.
- 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 I have this day received information from the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, bearing date the 20th day of April last past, that the French are making preparations by shipping, and otherwise, for an attempt on some of His Majesties plantations in America ... Given at Fort William Henry the second day of August ... annoq; Domini 1696." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N00632.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.