And all his Majesty's Subjects in the said Counties of Albany and Dutchess, are to give due Assistance to the said Slieriis within their respective Counties^ wlio are hereby empowered and required if necessary to Summon the posse or whole power of the County for putting the premises in Execution.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Fort George in the City of New York the Eighth day of June 1757. in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth.

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GOD SAVE THE KING

SECY BMTAR TO M^ LIVINGSTON.

New York 17th June 1757.

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I send you Inclosed Eighteen printed Copies of the Lieutenant Governor's Proclamation for apprehending several Persons by Name, and others who shall appear to have been acting or assisting in the Riot on tlie 7'^ day of May last in your Manor ; I thought it best in this Case, as was done in the Proclamation formerly issued on a like occasion, to send the whole number of Copies to you, that when you have concerted the proper Measures for apprehending the offenders, you may send or give to the Sherifs of Albany and Dutches, each as many Copies as • you think will be necessary for them to have, and thus prevent