hereby promise his Majesty's most gracious Pardon to any Accomplice or Accomphces, who shall discover the Author or Authors Aiders or Abettors of the seditious Paper aforesaid.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Fort George in the City of New York, the twentietii day of December One thousand seven Imndred and sixty nine, in the tenth 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 and so forth.

By his Honour' Command. Gw Banyar DSectry

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God save the King.

By the Honourable Cadwalladee Golden Esquire his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief ot the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a certain seditious paper was lately printed published and dispersed in this City directed " To the Publick" in the words following.

"The Spirit of the Times renders it necessary for the " Inhabitants of this Colony to convene in order effectually to " avert the Destructive Consequences of the late base inglorious ** Conduct of our*Genergl Assembly, who have in opposition to

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" the loud and general Voice of their Constituents ; the Dictates of " sound Policy, the ties of Gratitude, and the glorious Struggle " we have engaged in for our invaluable Birth Rights, dared to " vote supplies to the Troops without the least Shadow of a " pretext for their pernicious Grant -- the most eligible place will "be in the Fields near M*" De la Montague's, and the time -- I " between 10 & 11 o'clock in the morning, where We doubt no I " every friend to his Country will attend."