Pennsylvania, ss. : By the president and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a proclamation Whereas it appears to us, that about midnight, between Tuesday the sixth and Wednesday the seventh instant, a most daring riot was committed by a large company of disorderly and evil minded persons unknown, at and on the dwelling of Major Alexander Boyd, in Sixth-street, in the city of Philadelphia ... Given ... at Philadelphia, this twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven (s.n, 1787)
Evans, 20624. - Offering a reward for the apprehension of the rioters. - Signed: Benjamin Franklin. Attest. Charles Biddle, secretary. - State seal at head of title