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of February lall; and being defirous that all Our loving fubjecls, as well of Our kingdoms as of Our colonics in America, may avail themfelves, with all convenient fpeed, of the great benefits and advantages which mull accrue therefrom to their commerce, manufactures, and navigation; We have thought fit, with the advice of Our Privy Council, to iflue this Our royal proclamation, hereby to publilh and declare to all Our loving fubjcCts, that We have, with the advice of Our faid Privy Council, granted Our letters patent under Our great f.al of Great-Britain, to crcCt within the countries and iilands, ceded and confirmed to Us by the faid treaty, four diftinCl and feparatc governments, tilled and called by the names of Quebeck, Eafl Florida, and Grenada, and limited and bounded as follows, viz.Firft, The government'of Qnebcck, bounded on the Labrador coali by the river St. John, and from thence by a line drawn from the head of that river through the lake St. John to the fouth end of the lake Nipiflim; from whence the faid line, crofling the river St. Lawrence and the lake Champlain in A5 degrees of north latitude, paJTes along the high lands wnich divide the rivers that empty theihfelvcs into the.... — — » • « « • • i* 11 • .1 rvjj uua vui jiiuvlauiauuii, It c 11,11 Cf JFl tfiCletters patent under Our great foal of Great-Britain, by which the faid governments are conllitutcd, given exp refs power and direction to Our Governors of Our faid colonics refpeCtively, that, fo foon as the ftate and circumstances of the faid colonics will admit thereof, they ftiall, with the advice and confent of the members of Our Council, fuinmon and call General Aflemblies within the faid governments le-fpeively, in fuch manner and form as are u?cd and dircCled in thofe colonies and provinces in America, which arc under our immediate government; and We have alfo given power to the faid Governors, with the confent of Our faid Councils, and the reprefentatives of the people, fo to be fummon-ed as aforefaid, to make, conftitute, and ordain laws, lla-tutes, and ordinances, for the publick peace, welfare, and good government of Our faid colonics, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England, and under fuch regulations and rellriClious as are ufed in other colonies; and in the mean time, and until fuch afi'emblies can be called as aforefaid, all perfons inhabiting in, or reforting to, Our faid colonies, may confide in Our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of Our realm of England ; for which purpofe We
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Savannah Georgia Gazette
Savannah, Georgia, US
Thu, Dec 08, 1763
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