By His Excellency Guy Carleton, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of Quebec, and the territories depending thereon in America, Vice Admiral of the same, and Major General of his Majesties forces, commanding the Northern district &c &cー

Whereas a Rebellion prevails in many of His Majestys colonies in America, and particularly in some of the neighbouring ones; and whereas many of the said Rebels have, with an armed force, made invasions of late into this province, attacking and carrying away from thence a party of His Majesty's troops, together with a parcel of stores, and a vessel belonging to his Majesty, and are at present actually invading this province with arms in a Traitorous and hostile Manner, to the great terror of his Majesty's subjects, and in open defiance of his laws and government; falsely and maliciously giving out by themselves and their abettors, that the motives for their so doing are, to prevent the inhabitants of this province from being taxed and oppressed by government, together with divers other false and seditious reports, tending to inflame the minds of the people, and alienate them from his Majesty; to the end, therefore, that so treasonable an invasion may be soon defeated, that all such traitors, with their said abettors may be speedily brought to justice, and the public peace and tranquility of this province again restored, which the ordinary course of the civil law is at present unable to effect, I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation, hereby declaring that until the aforesaid good purposes can be attained, I shall, in virtue of the powers and authority in me vested by his Majesty, execute Martial law and cause the same to be executed throughout this province, and to that end I shall order the Militia within the same to be forthwith raised; but as a sufficient number of Commissions to the several Officers thereof cannot be immediately made out, I shall in the mean time direct all those having any Militia Commissions from the Honorable Thomas Gage, the Honble James Murray, Ralph Barton, and Frederick Haldimand Esqr heretofore his Majesty's governors in this province; or either of them, to obey the same, and execute the powers therein mentioned, until they shall receive orders from me to the contrary: and I do accordingly in his Majesty's name require and Command all his subjects in this province, and others whom it may concern, on pain of disobedience, to be aiding and assisting to the said commissioned Officers, and others who are or may be commissioned by me, in the execution of their said Commissions for his Majesty's Service.

Given under my hand and seal of arms at Montreal, this 9th day of June, 1775, in the 15th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and so forthー

By His Excellencys Command  H. T. Cramaheー