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Proclamations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

An act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on Green River

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1903
Scope and Contents

Original proclamation endorsed by Willard Richards, W. W. Phelps, and Brigham Young. The document is an act authorizing Thomas Moore to erect a ferry on the Green River. The act discusses the fares that would be charged for its use. The document also states the penalty for running unauthorized ferries.

Dates: 1852

Birthday citation, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981

 Item — Box 58: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 11 [Barcode: 31197239121236], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 11

Birthday citation, Pennsylvania Senate, 1983 April 20

 Item — Box 58: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 11 [Barcode: 31197239121236], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 11

Birthday proclamation, Indiana County Pennsylvania Board of County Commissioners, 1983 May

 Item — Oversize 59: Series 3; Series 11; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197239120576], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 11

Birthday proclamation, Pennsylvania governor Dick Thornburgh, 1983 May

 Item — Box 58: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 11 [Barcode: 31197239121236], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 11

Antonio Maria Bucareli proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311166]
Identifier: MSS SC 1351
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed proclamation in Spanish. The item announces that the Brigadier Don Juan Garcia, commander of the "navio Santiago" will be leaving for Spain with the royal revenues from the port in Vera Cruz, Mexico. The document also gives logistical information to merchants who need to register goods to be shipped. On the back of this item there is a handwritten endorsement by the authorities at Puebla, Mexico who state that the proclamation has been obeyed by them.

Dates: 1776

James Buchanan amnesty proclamation

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292827]
Identifier: Vault MSS 721
Scope and Contents

Printed proclamation dated 6 April 1858. The document offers free and full pardon to all participants in the "Utah Rebellion" who submit themselves to the authority of the federal government.

Dates: 1858 April 6

James Buchanan proclamation

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339969]
Identifier: MSS 77
Abstract The folder contains a typewritten copy of a presidential proclamation dated 6 April 1858. Buchanan states that the people of Utah have refused to submit to federal authority, justifies his sending of a military force to see that the laws are enforced, states that his actions are not against the Utahns' religion, expresses a desire that all bloodshed could be avoided, and offers a full pardon "to all who will submit themselves to the authority of the federal government." Also included is a...
Dates: 1858

Chapman University proclamation honoring Gail S. Halvorsen, 2010 November 17

 Item — Oversize 78: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239240127], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 6

Charles VI proclamation, 1726 February 18

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197233290631], Folder: 12
Identifier: Vault MSS 524 Item 5