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Proclamation by Governour Tryon

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By His Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esquire, 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:

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, the General Assembly of this Province stands prorogued to the ninth day of August next; I have thought fit for His Majesty' s service to prorogue, and I do, by and with the advice of His Majesty' s Council, farther prorogue the said General Assembly to the sixth day of September next, of which all His Majesty' s subjects concerned therein are required to take not ice, and govern themselves accordingly.

Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort George, in the City of New-York, the thirty-first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, 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˙, Dep˙ Secretary.

GOD save the King.

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