A PROCLAMATION. **W**HEREAS, it hath been represented to the United States in Congress assembled, That several disorderly Persons have crossed the *River Ohio*, and settled upon their unappropriated Lands :— *And whereas*, it is their Intention, as soon as it shall be surveyed, to open Offices for the Sale of a considerable Part thereof, in such Proportions, and under such other Regulations as may suit the Convenience of all the Citizens of the said States, and others, who may wish to become Purchasers of the same :— and as such Conduct tends to defeat the Object which they have in view, is in direct Opposition to the Ordinances and Resolutions of Congress, and highly disrespectful to the Federal Authority —— they have therefore thought fit, and do hereby issue this their Proclamation, strictly forbidding all such unwarrantable Intrusions; and enjoining all those who have settled thereon to depart, with their Families and Effects, without Loss of Time, as they shall answer the same at their Peril. DONE by the United States in Congress assembled, the fifteenth Day of June, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-five, and the Ninth Year of the Independence of the United States of America. *Richard Henry Lee*, P. *Charles Thomson*, Sec'ry. *N E W - Y O R K:* Printed by F. Childs, No. 17, Duke-Street.