creator:United States. Continental Army.

title: By the Honorable Major-General Putnam, commander of the forces of the United American States, at and near the White-Plains. A proclamation. : Whereas some soldiers of the Continental Army ... have been led to desert their country's service ... Given under my hand at head-quarters, this 17th of November ... 1777.

place: [Fishkill, N.Y.]

genre/form:Broadsides. -- rbgenr

genre/form:Proclamations. -- rbgenr

format: 28.0 cm. wide by 20.0 cm.high, 1 sheet ([1] p.)

description: Offering pardons to those who had deserted from the American army or joined the enemy forces and who return to duty by January 1, 1778. Signed: Israel Putnam. Imprint supplied from Vail, R.W.G. A patriotic pair of peripatetic printers, 1951, p. 404. N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

identifier: SY1777 no.19

provenance: New-York Historical Society