Royal Proclamation of 1763

Royal Proclamation of 1763

Royal Proclamation of 1763

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Introduction

Printed reproduction plus text transcript.

Date Made or Date Range: 1763-10-07
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Original text of the Proclamation printed by the King's Printer, Mark Baskett, in London in 1763. Reproduced in “British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, Volume 12, Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society,” by the American Antiquarian Society.

Description of Writing/Text

Document of the Royal Proclamation: Regulating 1) Land, 3) Trade 3) Criminal justice. Land: Reserved to Indians, beyond powers of local governors, future purchase provisions, settler squatting forbidden.

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Date of Proclamation

GKS Reference Number: 58823
How to Cite this Item

Clarence S. Brigham, ed. In “British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, Volume 12, Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society,” pg 212-18. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 1911. GKS ID: 58823

Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1