And it further appearing by Proof on Oath, that Simeon Hathaway, Moses Scott, Jonathan Phisk, and Stlas Robinson, all of the County of Albany, Yeomen, were among the principal Authors of, and Actors in the last mentioned Riot and Breach of the Peace: In order therefore to bring the said Offenders to condign Punishment, and that others warned by their Example, may be deterred from the Commission of such evil Practices for the future, I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby strictly commanding.and requiring the Sheriff of the City and County of Albany, to apprehend and take all and every the before named Rioters and Offenders, and them to commit to safe and secure Custody, to answer for their several-Offences, and to be dealt with according to Law: And for that Purpose if it shall be necessary, to raise and take to his Assistance, the Posse Comitatus, or whole Power of the County: And all Magistrates, Officers, and Ministers of ~ Justice, are hereby enjoined and required to. give their Aid and Assistance, not only in apprehending the said several Offenders, and committing them to safe Custody, but in preventing and

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suppressing all future Riots and Disorders of the like dangerous Tendency.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Fort George, in the City of New York, the first Day of November, One thousand seven hundred and seventy, in the eleventh 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