Excerpt from a copy of the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Written in the immediate aftermath of the French and Indian War, this proclamation sets out to organize the lands acquired by the British during the conflict. Four new colonial governments were established by the document (Québec, East Florida, West Florida, and Grenada) and a large portion of land west of the Appalachian Mountains was set aside as an Indian Reserve, much to the chagrin of land hungry settlers, February 2nd, 1764.

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New York State Archives. New York (State). Secretary of State. Military patents. A0447-79.

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