By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas His Most Excellent Majesty hath received advice, that several ships of force, fitted out of Scotland, were designed to settle themselves in some parts of America; and lest the same should derogate from the treaties His Majesty hath entered into with the crown of Spain ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York the 15th day of May, 1699 ...
Title
By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas His Most Excellent Majesty hath received advice, that several ships of force, fitted out of Scotland, were designed to settle themselves in some parts of America; and lest the same should derogate from the treaties His Majesty hath entered into with the crown of Spain ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York the 15th day of May, 1699 ...
Author
New York (State). Governor (1698-1701 : Bellomont).
Publication
[New York] :: Printed by W. Bradford, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, in New-York,,
1699.
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Subject terms
Scots -- United States.
New York (State) -- Emigration and immigration.
Broadsides.
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"By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas His Most Excellent Majesty hath received advice, that several ships of force, fitted out of Scotland, were designed to settle themselves in some parts of America; and lest the same should derogate from the treaties His Majesty hath entered into with the crown of Spain ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York the 15th day of May, 1699 ..." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N00736.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.