The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, April 10, 1779; printed and sold by John Dunlap. Proclamation By His Excellency George Washington, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America given at Head-Quarters, Middle-Brook, March 10, 1779, conferred full pardon upon deserters provided they return to their corps by May 1, 1779. Boldly signed in type: G. WASHINGTON. Proceedings in the House of Commons in London on December 5, 1778 defending proclamation issued in New York to the provinces by Commissioners; criticizing the burning of New York and 3/4 of Norfolk by the Americans; and addressing American treaty with France: "By their alliance with France, the natural enemy of our country, they had forfeited all right to clemency; they were therefore in future to be treated no longer as subjects of Great-Britain, but as appendages to the French monarchy, whose interest they preferred to ours." Miscellaneous proceedings in General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
