By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; ... A proclamation Whereas towards evening on the 26th day of August instant, a great number of people unlawfully and riotously assembled ... I ... issue this proclamation, requiring all justices of peace, and all officers, civil and military, to use their utmost endeavours for discovering, apprehending and bringing to justice, all and every the persons concerned ... Given at the Council-chamber in Boston, the twenty-eighth day of August, 1765 (s.n, 1765)
Bristol, B2596. - Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1356. - Offering rewards of three hundred pounds (for leaders) and one hundred pounds (for rioters) for the apprehension of the vandals who rioted in Boston Aug. 26, 1765. - Royal arms at head of title. - Shipton & Mooney, 41562. - Signed: By His Excellency's command, A. Oliver, secr. Fra. Bernard. God save the King