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Pemberton, Israel, fl. 1777 Mason's Lodge, September 9th, 1777, 10 o'clock P.M. To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01758 Author/Creator: Pemberton, Israel, fl. 1777 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 9 September 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Title continues: "the following is a copy of a paper we received at half past four o'clock this afternoon, and we have since received orders to prepare for our banishment to-morrow." Reprints the resolutions issued by Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council Timothy Matlack that banishes twenty-two individuals to Virginia on suspicion of being Loyalist sympathizers. Page 2 includes the "Remonstrance and protest of the subscribers," which charges that the resolutions are arbitrary and unlawful. Evans 15501.

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