three weeks after Beating orders are received.) Dated. April 21, 1761. 2 Am. Ant. Soc. Proceedings, XI. 468. 1255. I Do hereby Certify that Bounty to . . . Soldiers who were trict Archives, CCLXXIV. 45. † AAS has paid the Province inlisted in his Dis MA 1256. Return of Men inlisted for His Majesty's Service for the Protection and Security of His Majesty's Dominions and Conquests in North-America, 1761. AAS. MHS 1257. Boston, . Sir, This Certifys, That . . . has return'd his [Gun] into the Commissary's Office. Archives, LXXIX. 789. NEWBURY, MASS., FIRE SOCIETY. MA 1258. These Presents Witness, | That we the Subscribers, as Neighbours and Friends, do mutually agree to the following Articles, viz. (Fire Society.) Dated, December 8, 1761, at Newbury. EI 1259. A New-Years Present from the Lad that | Carries the Boston News-Letter, to all | Generous Customers, January 1, 1761. [Printed by John Draper.] 1260. [Cut.] A | New Years Wish, | from the Lad, who carries The Post-Boy & Advertiser. Boston, January 1, 1761. [Boston: Printed by Green & Russell, 1761.] The year was printed 1760, but is changed by pen to 1761. † PHS 1264. To His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;.. The Petition of Richard Draper, Printer, (to be appointed Public Printer). Dated, December 1, 1762. † MA Archives, LVIII, 475. 1265. An Elegy. | On the Death of that worthy Friend Priscilla Coleman, deceased, Widow of | John Coleman, late of Sher burne, on the Island of Nantucket; who departed this Life on the 14th Day of the Third Month. 1762. Boston: Printed by Zechariah Fowle & Samuel Draper, at their Pri- | nting-O[ffice in Marlboro]'-street. 1762. HARVARD COLLEGE. 1266. Quaestiones. 1267. Theses. HUDSON, SETH. † BPL Y. BPL. AAS. MHS 1268. [Engraved plate with portrait of Hudson in centre.] H-ds-n's Speech from the Pillory. Sold by N. Hurd, near the Exchange, and at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston. PC. BPL The engraving is by Nathaniel Hurd and is in fine detail, suggesting the use of an English design or plate, with the profile of Hudson and motto inserted. The plate is usually colored. It is reproduced in black and white in Dunlap, History of the Arts of Design (Bayley-Goodspeed), 1, 176. Evans, 9144. 1269. The Humble Confession of that | notorious Cheat, | Doctor Seth Hudson. | 1762. † PHS MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, PROVINCE. 1270. Province of Massachusetts-Bay. | An Act | for rendering more effectual the Laws already made relating to Shingles, and for regulating the | Assize of Staves, Hoops, and Clapboards. Passed June, 1762. † AAS 1271. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; A Proclamation (inviting inlistments in the service under Sir Jeffry Amherst.) Dated, March 4, 1762. Printed in the Boston News Letter, March 11, 1762. 1272. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation For Proroguing the General Court (to April 14). Dated, March 20, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, March 25, 1762. 1273. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation for a General Fast (April 22). Dated, March 24, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, March 25, 1762. A copy was sold by auction in January, 1921. 1274. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation (continuing officers in authority until new commissions or further orders be issued.) Dated, April 25, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, May 5, 1762. 1275. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; ... A Proclamation (against supplying the King's enemies with provisions or ammunition.) Dated, April 26, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, May 5, 1762. 1276. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;A Proclamation | For a Day of Public Prayer. [July 29.] Dated, July 9, 1762. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable | His Majesty's Council, 1762. Evans, 9181. AAS A Proc 1277. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; lamation For Proroguing the General Court (to August 25). Dated, July 23, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, July 29, 1762. 1278. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation For Proroguing the General Court (to September 8). Dated, August 14, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, August 19, 1762. 1279. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation For Proroguing the General Court (to November 17), Dated, September 23, 1762. Printed in the Boston News Letter, October 8, 1762. 1280. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;...A Proclamation | For a Public Thanksgiving. [October 7.] Dated, September 23, 1762. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable His Majesty's | Council, 1762. BPL. BA. AAS. MHS Evans, 9182. 1281. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation For Proroguing the General Court (to December 15). Dated, October 30, 1762. Printed in the Boston News Letter, November 4, 1762. 1282. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;...A Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving. [December 9.] Dated, November 11, 1762. Boston: | Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council, 1762. Evans, 9183. 1283. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; AAS. BA lamation For Proroguing the General Court (to January 12, 1763). Dated, November 25, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, December 2, 1762. 1284. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation (on the forms for praying for the Royal family to be used in all prayers, Litanies and Collects.) Dated, December 15, 1762. Printed in the Boston News-Letter, December 23, 1762. 1285. Province of Massachusetts-Bay, | I Aged Years, do voluntarily Inlist myself, to serve His Majesty as a Soldier in one of the Regiments raised in this Province, to provide for the full and entire | Security of His Majesty's Dominions in North-America. Dated 1762, and in мs. April 1. With certificate and receipt for bounty. MHS 1286. Province of Massachusetts-Bay. | By His Excellency the Captain-General. | It is Ordered that every Captain of the Forces now to be raised, shall make Return . . . within three weeks from his receiving | Beating Orders. With appointment to pay the bounty and to be Muster-Master. MHS 1287. Return of Men inlisted for His Majesty's Service for the Protection and | Security of His Majesty's Dominions and Conquests in North-America, 1762. AAS. MHS 1288. [Cut.] A | New Year's Wish, from the Carrier of the Post-Boy & Advertiser. Boston, January 1, 1762. [Boston: Printed by Green & Russell. 1762.] † PHS BOSTON, TOWN. 1763 1289. The Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, qualified as the Law directs, are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil-Hall, on Wednesday the Twenty-first Instant (to consider a bill on rates and taxes). Dated, September 8, 1763. Evans, 9350. MHS 1292. Quaestiones. Typis Richardi & Samuelis Draper. AAS 1293. Theses. [Same Colophon.] NYHS. AAS. HC. MHS Evans, 9402. KENNEBECK, PROPRIETORS. 1294. Advertisement. The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New-Plymouth (in regard to townships and land on Kennebeck River). Dated, May 18, 1763, and Signed, David Jeffries, Proprietors Clerk. †PHS. AAS LAND BANK. 1295. Order to levy for an unpaid assessment. BPL. MHS 1296. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;. A Proclamation | for a general Fast. [April 14.] Dated, March 19, 1763. Boston: | Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable His Majesty's Council. 1763. Evans, 9434. BPL. AAS. MHS 1297. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . A Proclamation for Dissolving the General Court. Dated April 7, 1763. Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette, April 7, 1763. By a vote of the Council, March 31, it was "Advised and Ordered, That for the future all Orders which shall be made by His Excellency the Governor, with the Advice of the Council, and which it shall be thought fit to publish, be publish'd in the Thursday's News-Paper, printed by Richard Draper, Printer to the Governor and Council." 1298. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; . . . A Proclamation (on preventing the Destruction of the Woods in the Province.) Dated, July 9, 1763. Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette, July 14, 1763. 1299. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;...A Proclamation | For a Thanksgiving. [August 11.] Dated July 27, 1763. Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to his Excellency the Governor and the Honorable his Majesty's Council. 1763. Evans, 9435. BA. AAS. MHS 1300. By His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; A Proclamation For Proroguing the General Court (to October 26). Dated, August 20, 1763. Printed in the Massachusetts Gazette, August 25, 1763. 1301. [Royal arms.] By His Excellency | Francis Bernard, Esq;...A Proclamation | For Proroguing the General Court (to November 23). Dated, September 10, 1763. Bos |