By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.] Whereas His Majesties companies garisons on this province are very much weakened by death, sickness and desertion, which renders the fronteers in some danger ... Given under my hand at His Majesties fort in New-York, the one and twentieth day of April ... annoq; Domini 1696. New York (State). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher). Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI : 2005-12. N00626 N00626 Evans 762 Wing F1307 APW9652 762 99016075

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By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governour in Chief of His Majeſties Province of New-York, &c. A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS His Majeſties Companies gariſons in this Province, are very much weakened by Death, Sickneſs and Deſertion, which renders the Fronteers in ſome danger, upon the approach of an Enemy, It being of abſolute Neceſſity, and a Duty incumbent upon me to take care and provide for the Defence and Preſervation of this His Majeſties Province, which chiefly conſiſts in the ſtrength of the Fronteers. And having under conſideration the great hardſhip of Detaching the Inhabitants, and how to joyn the eaſe and ſafety of the Province together, to prevent an inevitable Neceſſity of Detaching, I have therefore thought fit to publiſh and declare by this my Proclamation, That all Perſons who are qualified to carry Arms, and will freely and voluntarily inliſt themſelves in any of his Majeſties Companys for one Year, for their encouragement ſhall receive the Sum of Three Pounds paid in hand, as alſo Four Pence a Day over and above their Proviſions; and at the expiration of the Year ſhall be diſcharged from the ſaid Service.

Given under my Hand at His Majeſties Fort in New-York, the One and Twentieth Day of April, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, WILLIAM the Third, by the Grace of God, KING of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Anno que Domini 1696. Ben. Fletcher. God Save the KING

Printed by William Bradford, Printer to His Majeſty, at the Bible in the City of New-York 1696.