By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A proclamation Whereas a scheme for emitting bills or notes by John Colman, Esq; and others, was laid before the Great and General Court ... I have thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby giving notice and warning ... and cautioning ... against receiving or passing the said notes ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the seventeenth day of July 1740 (Printed by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, 1740)
Bristol, B1093. - Followed by a statement, with 137 signatures, pledging "that we will not, directly or indirectly by our selves or any for us, receive or take any bills emitted on the said scheme, commonly called the Land Bank.". - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 731. - Imprint determined from mortised initial block (Reilly 439). - Shipton & Mooney, 40203. - Signed: J. Belcher. By order of his excellency the governour, with the advice of the Council, J. Willard, secr. - Text in two columns with the signatures in three columns within second column; printed area measures 24.6 x 16.8 cm