Imprint Record

Report of Preliminary Peace Agreements.

• Imprint Number: 1783.007
• Title: Richmond, April 17. By a gentleman who arrived last night from the northward, and by this day's mail, we have obtained the following intelligence.
• Sequence Number: 7
• Year: 1783
• Place Issued: Richmond
• Issuing Press: James Hayes
• Author: -----
• Notes: Compilation of correspondence received by Robert R. Livingston, secretary of foreign affairs, from British commanders General Guy Carleton and Admiral Robert Digby in New York City confirming a peace treaty and sending George III's proclamation of a cessation of hostilities.
  John Dunlap and James Hayes began work in Richmond in December 1781 as Virginia's public printers; they held the position until May 1786 with Hayes the sole resident proprietor; here Hayes omitted Dunlap's name from the imprint's colophon.
  
  
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