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York County (Pennsylvania) Committee

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YORK COUNTY (PENNSYLVANIA) COMMITTEE.

Yorktown, August 22, 1775.

Whereas the Committee of York County has received information that sundry Butchers and Drovers from Maryland and elsewhere have lately been purchasing Sheep in this County, contrary to the Resolutions of the Convention of the Province of Pennsylvania:

These are therefore to give publick notice to all such persons who purchase Sheep to kill, or sell to butchers, that if they hereafter be detected in purchasing any Sheep in this County, or driving any through it purchased in this Province, under four years old, that they will be stopped, and treated as enemies to their country.

By order of the Committee:

THOMAS ARMOR, Clerk.

Details

Title

York County (Pennsylvania) Committee direct that all persons in the County detected purchasing Sheep under four years old, to be killled, shall be treated as enemies to their Country

Creator

Pennsylvania, York County Committee of Correspondence
Armor, Thomas

Editor

Pennsylvania, York County Committee of Correspondence
Armor, Thomas

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-08-22

Presentation Location

Yorktown, Pennsylvania, North America

Before Whom

Pennsylvania, York County Committee of Correspondence

Subject

Economy: agriculture
Economy: moral economy
Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Mobilizing the populace: trade boycotts

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp07-D0001

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp07

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