Proclamation / George Johnston
- Bib ID:
- 2406488
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Johnston, George, 1764-1823
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. NK 5608 copy
- Description:
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- [Sydney : George Howe, 1808]
- 1 broadside ; 31 x 20 cm.
- Series:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK5608.
- Notes:
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- Proclamation issued by Major George Johnston on the day after the deposition of Governor William Bligh, proclaiming the cessation of martial law in the colony, dated from Head Quarters, Sydney, Jan, 27, 1808.
- Text begins: The public peace being happily, and I trust in almighty God, permanently established, I hereby proclaim the cessation of martial law.
- NK 5608 copy also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-39357294
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK5608.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 468.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Howe, George, 1769-1821
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, October 2011 - February 2015.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1823
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1808
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