Proclamation by Governour Franklin

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Perth-Amboy.

By His Excellency WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esq˙, Captain-General, Governour, and Commander-in- Chief in and over the Province of NEW-JERSEY, and Territories thereon depending, in AMERICA, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral in the same, &c.:

Whereas I have lately received despatches from one of His Majesty' s principal Secretaries of State, containing matters of great importance to the Colony, in the present situation of publick affairs, and calculated to restore that harmony between Great Britain and her American Colonies so essential to the interest and happiness of both; and being desirous of communicating the same as early as possible to the General Assembly of this Colony, In order to give them an opportunity of using their best endeavours towards effecting so desirable a purpose; I have, therefore, thought fit, and by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty' s Council, do hereby appoint the said General Assembly to meet at the City of Burlington, on Monday, the 15th day of May 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 arms, at the City of Perth-Amboy, the twenty-eighth day of April, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, Annoq˙ Domini one thousand: seven hundred and seventy-five.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN.

By His Excellency' s command:

CHARLES PETTIT, D˙ Secretary.

GOD save the King.