Proclamation, 1700 Jul 9.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
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Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Francis Nicholson's Proclamation, 1700 Jul 9, Manuscript # MS 1936.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Francis Nicholson's Proclamation, 1700 Jul 9, Manuscript # MS 1936.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Order to apprehend Henry King, Francis Brown (an Afro-American), and others on the charge of piracy and obtain a reward for bringing them to justice. Also signed by Edmund Jenings and Francis Merriwether, Clerk of the Court, Essex County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1936.
Physical description:
[1] leaf ; 38 cm ; 1X Oversize.