Virginia SS. By the Honourable Robert Dinwiddie ... A proclamation, for encouraging persons to enter into his Majesty's service for the defence and security of this colony ... Given at the council chamber in Williamsburg on the 19th day of February, ... 1754 [electronic resource].
February 19, 1754 reprinted Proclamation and Memorial issued by Governor Robert Dinwiddie to encourage Virginians to enlist into military service. As a reward for so defending the colony against the French and hostile Indians and for good behavior and proper service, the governor promised land and...
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| Other title: | To the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, the memorial of George Mercer, colonel in the Virginia forces, on behalf of himself, and the surviving officers, and soldiers of the Virginia regiment, raised in the year 1754. LLMC online. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Williamsburg? Va.] :
[publisher not identified],
[1754]
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| Summary: | February 19, 1754 reprinted Proclamation and Memorial issued by Governor Robert Dinwiddie to encourage Virginians to enlist into military service. As a reward for so defending the colony against the French and hostile Indians and for good behavior and proper service, the governor promised land and no payment of quit-rents for the first fifteen years. A memorial of George Mercer, colonel in the Virginia regiment, was also attached which requested this land grant, following their service. |
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| Item Description: | Includes "To the king's most excellent Majesty in council, the memorial of George Mercer, Colonel in the Virginia forces, on behalf of himself, and surviving officers, and soldiers of the Virginia Regiment, raised in the year 1754": pages 2-3. Proclamation by the Governor of Virginia in 1754, promising two thousand acres of land on the Ohio to the officers and soldiers who should enter the service and Col. Mercer's memorial to the King, on behalf of himself and the said officers and soldiers. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 pages) |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed April 27, 2021) |