Enclosure 2.
Amry Proclamation by
519
the
Sub Prefect, prohibiting the flight of the inhabitants into the country.
A Prohibitory Proclamation
Whereas it has come to my knowledge
that certain persons, boat-owners
And other Carriers, have wrought
abominable Iniquity, and troubling
to livercase the cargoes of their traders,
lately fabricated baseless rumours
to the effect that there is trouble
in store for dwellers on the Coast,
whereby ignorant persons
are Cajoled