| Description | It is agreed to recommend to the King that a Commission under the Great Seal be given to the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay, that Governor to be empowered to issue a proclamation offering pardon to rebels who shall surrender within a certain time, except those concerned in the late Provincial Congress or who have made any attack on His Majesty's forts or ships
Accompanying this is a memorandum also in Lord Dartmouth's hand, not dated, but endorsed "1775, memorandum, from the King" concerning seeing his American subjects reconciled to British Government upon principles that may secure the permanent peace and tranquility of the British Empire
For full description see HMC 14th report available in SRO reading room |