Proclamation by Governour Tryon

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By his Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esq˙, Captain-General and Governour-in-Chief in and over the Province of NEW-YORK, and the Territories depending thereon in AMERICA, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the same:

Whereas the General Assembly of this Province stands prorogued to the sixth day of September instant, I have thought fit for His Majesty' s service to prorogue, and I do, by and with the advice of His Majesty' s Council, further prorogue the said General Assembly to the fourth day of October next, of which all His Majesty' s subjects concerned therein are required to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.

Given under my hand and seal, at Fort George, in the City of New-York, the fourth day of September, 1775, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.

WILLIAM TRYON.

By his Excellency' s command:

SAMUEL BAYARD, JUN˙, Deputy Secretary.

GOD save the King.