By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation Whereas the Great and General Court or assembly of this province, upon due consideration of the present state and circumstances of the French settlements upon the island of Cape-Breton, have judged it expedient to attempt the reduction of that place to the obedience of the crown of Great Britain, and have voted a suitable encouragement for the enlistment of three thousand voluntiers for that service ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the twenty-sixth day of January 1744 [new style, 1745] (Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governour and Council, 1745)
Bristol, B1288. - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 816. - Shipton & Mooney, 40368. - Signed: By order of his excellency the governour with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard, secr