Proclamation to Apprehend Daniel Shays and Others

to deliver Other high Sherrifs for the County of Suffolk,
that so they, or either of them, may be rendered
to Justice: and for the encouragement of such persons
as shall apprehend the said Daniel Shays, Luke
Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, or either
of them, and deliver them. Other Sherrifs as afore=
=said, —It is hereby declared, that he or they
shall thereupon be entitled to receive out of the
public treasury for that service, a Reward of one
hundred and fifty pounds for Daniel Shays, and
one hundred pounds each for Luke Day, Adam
Wheeler and Eli Parsons. — And all Persons
whatsoever are hereby strictly commanded not
to harbour, entertain or conceal the said Daniel
Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler or Eli Parsons,
as they will answer the contrary at their
Peril, and avoid the Penalties in this case
by Laws provided —

Given at the Council Chamber
in Boston this Ninth day of February in
the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty seven; and in the Eleventh
Year of the Independence of the United States of
America —

James Bowdoin

By his Excellencys Command
John Avery jun Secretary