Hue and Cry seeking Richard Adams.
- imprint_number: 1793.015
- title: By the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: A Proclamation. Whereas an atrocious murder hath been lately committed in the county of Halifax, on the body of Barnett Payne ... perpetuated by a certain Richard Adams ... I ... hereby to offer a reward of one hundred dollars, to any person who shall apprehend and convey to the jail ... the said Richard Adams ... [signed] Henry Lee.
- sequence_number: 15
- year: 1793
- place_issued: Richmond
- issuing_press: Augustine Davis
- author: Lee, Henry (1756-1818), governor.
- notes: Only known copy held in the state archives at the Library of Virginia.
Sheet lacks printer credit; printing such official documents was the responsibility of the public printer, then Augustine Davis, so the attribution here.
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