Proclamation. : Whereas it becomes us humbly to approach the throne of Almighty God ... Resolved, that it be recommended to the several states to appoint Thursday the ninth day of December next to be a day of public and solemn thanksgiving .. Done in Congress the twentieth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine ...

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Series:

• Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16555.

Language:

English

Genre:

• Thanksgiving day proclamations -- 1779 Dec. 9.
• Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons], [1779]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

• Followed by: State of Massachusetts-Bay. Council-chamber in Boston, November 3, 1779. Agreeable to the above recommendation ... to observe the said day accordingly. William Sever [and fourteen others]. By their Honors order, John Avery, dep'y sec'y.
• Imprint supplied by Evans.
• Printed area measures 38.1 x 20.3 cm.
• Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 16555).

Cited in:

• Evans 16555
• Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2201
• Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 1089

Contains:

Massachusetts. Council. State of Massachusetts-Bay ... November 3, 1779. Agreeable to the above recommendations ...

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