By His Excellency William Cosby, captain general and governour in chief of the provinces New-York, New-Jersey ... A proclamation. Whereas by the contrivance of some evil disposed and disaffected persons, divers journals or printed news papers (entitled, The New-York weekly journal ...) have been caused to be printed and published by John Peter Zenger ... I have thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby promising a reward of fifty pounds to such person or persons who shall discover the author or authors of the said ... journals or printed news-papers ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort-George in New-York this sixth day of November ... in the year of our Lord 1734.
- Title
- By His Excellency William Cosby, captain general and governour in chief of the provinces New-York, New-Jersey ... A proclamation. Whereas by the contrivance of some evil disposed and disaffected persons, divers journals or printed news papers (entitled, The New-York weekly journal ...) have been caused to be printed and published by John Peter Zenger ... I have thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby promising a reward of fifty pounds to such person or persons who shall discover the author or authors of the said ... journals or printed news-papers ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort-George in New-York this sixth day of November ... in the year of our Lord 1734.
- Author
- New York (State). Governor (1732-1736 : Cosby).
- Publication
- [New York :: Printed by William Bradford,
- 1734]
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- Subject terms
- Zenger, John Peter, 1719-1751.
- New-York weekly journal.
- Bounties -- New York (State).
- Seditious libel -- New York (State).
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
- Broadsides.
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"By His Excellency William Cosby, captain general and governour in chief of the provinces New-York, New-Jersey ... A proclamation. Whereas by the contrivance of some evil disposed and disaffected persons, divers journals or printed news papers (entitled, The New-York weekly journal ...) have been caused to be printed and published by John Peter Zenger ... I have thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby promising a reward of fifty pounds to such person or persons who shall discover the author or authors of the said ... journals or printed news-papers ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort-George in New-York this sixth day of November ... in the year of our Lord 1734." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N03153.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.