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Broadside, approximately 32.5x20.5 cm (12¾x8").

Signed at the close by Jeremiah Olney, Collector of revenue at Providence. Includes sections 5 & 6 of the compete act concerning American seamen detained or seized by any foreign power. An apparent unrecorded variant of this rare broadside, this issue not matching either of the two Providence printings described by Evans. Evans 31337 is described as having the first line ending with "28th" and with Section 5 containing 19 lines of text and with Section 6 containing 13 lines of text. Evans 31338 has the first line ending "of May" and the sections having 13 and 11 lines of text respectively. The present copy has the first line ending "28th" and with Section 5 containing 21 lines of text and Section 6 containing 14 lines of text.