By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation Whereas the soldiers, hereafter named and described, belonging to the regiment under the command of the Honourable Lieutenant-General Philipps, on the night following the 23d. day of April instant, deserted from the hospital upon the common in Boston ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston the twenty-sixth day of April 1746 (Printed by John Draper, printer to his excellency the governour and Council, 1746)
Bristol, B1328. - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 842. - Ordering the arrest of the deserters, and offering a reward of ten pounds for the capture and return of any. - Shipton & Mooney, 40405. - Signed: By his excellency's command, with the advice of the Council, W. Shirley. J. Willard, secr